# CVE-2012-2898: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can spoof the Omnibox URL on iOS Chrome via SSL error messages, requiring user interaction to view the error.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rg3p-8qcv-gq96

## What is CVE-2012-2898?

CVE-2012-2898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 5 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.82 on iOS on iPad devices allows remote attackers to spoof the Omnibox URL via vectors involving SSL error messages, a related issue to CVE-2012-0674.

Weakness: CWE-310

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2898?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Google Chrome.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-2898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-2898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2898 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-2898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 5 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Google Chrome. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2898/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2898/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2898
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2898
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2898

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2898/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.