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title: "CVE-2012-2855\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2855

Publication date 6 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PDF functionality in Google Chrome
before 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on
Windows and Chrome Frame, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2855?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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

Per Debian, PDF functionality not in chromium-browser

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2855)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2855)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2855)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2855)

### Other references

* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2855>