CVE-2012-5136 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Google Chrome via a crafted HTML document due to improper variable casting.
- 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
What is CVE-2012-5136?
CVE-2012-5136 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 28 Nov 2012. 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 23.0.1271.91 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of the INPUT element, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted HTML document.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5136?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5136?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2012-5136 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5136 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qm6j-wg5r-pf75.