CVE-2012-5136 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

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.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-qm6j-wg5r-pf75.

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