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title: "CVE-2012-1846\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-1846

Publication date 22 March 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the
sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a sandboxed process,
as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012.
NOTE: the primary affected product may be clarified later; it was not
identified by the researcher, who reportedly stated "it really doesn't
matter if it's third-party code."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1846?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life, was deferred |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life, was deferred |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life, was deferred |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life, was deferred |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Google claims this is a flash bug, VUPEN claims it isn't and that
Google is simply speculating. VUPEN won't release the exploit to Google to
fix it, and access to the exploit is behind a paywall, so there is nothing to
do. Marking deferred for now. Will re-open if new information is available.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1846)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1846)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-1846)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1846)

### Other references

* <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588>
* <http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/>
* <http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505>
* <http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1846>