CVE-2013-2872
Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 on Mac OS X does not ensure a sufficient source of entropy for...
Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 on Mac OS X does not ensure a sufficient source of entropy for renderer processes, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms in third-party components via unspecified vectors.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 on Mac OS X does not ensure a sufficient source of entropy for renderer processes, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms in third-party components via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2013-2872- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 on Mac OS X does not ensure a sufficient source of entropy for renderer processes, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms in third-party components via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2013-2872- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-2811 No score
Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 on Mac OS X does not ensure a sufficient source of entropy for renderer processes, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms in third-party components via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2013-2811- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5cmr-546j-rwv9 No score
Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 on Mac OS X does not ensure a sufficient source of entropy for...
Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 on Mac OS X does not ensure a sufficient source of entropy for renderer processes, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms in third-party components via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-5cmr-546j-rwv9- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-2872 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Google Chrome, published July 10, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.93%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
git.chromium.org/gitweb?p=chromium/chromium.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e3678ea33ab00b5977bde219cd9ec6f1768d78a
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=242702
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/07/stable-channel-update.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2872
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cmr-546j-rwv9