6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-5119
Google Chrome race condition vulnerability
Description

Race condition in Pepper, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to buffers.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 7, 2012, 11:43 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:12 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-5119 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google chrome

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-5119 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-5119 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=149759 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56413 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://osvdb.org/87072 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15977 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79866 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=149759
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://osvdb.org/87072
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56413
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79866
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15977
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15977 [Not Applicable]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15977 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79866 [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79866 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=149759 No Types Assigned https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=149759 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15977 No Types Assigned http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15977 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56413 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56413 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79866 No Types Assigned http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79866 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/87072 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/87072 Broken Link
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-5119 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-5119 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.25 }} 0.08%

score

0.83950

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability