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title: "CVE-2012-2864\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2864

Publication date 22 August 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

Mesa, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1183.0 on the Acer AC700, Cr-48,
and Samsung Series 5 and 5 550 Chromebook platforms, and the Samsung
Chromebox Series 3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
unspecified vectors that trigger an "array overflow."

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mesa | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.2 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2864?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| mesa | * Upstream:   [src/gls](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/src/glsl/link_uniforms.cpp?id=ff996cafce511dd8a6c4e066e409c23e147a670c) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2864)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2864)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2864)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2864)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1623-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1623-1)
+ Mesa vulnerability
+ 5 November 2012

### Other references

* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html>
* <http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=141901>
* <http://www.mail-archive.com/mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org/msg25207.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2864>