VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5142
Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 2.73%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.73% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- google/chrome · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/12/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00073.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160803
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16173
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/12/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00073.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160803
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16173
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.