CVE-2012-5155 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2012-5155?

CVE-2012-5155 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Jan 2013. 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 24.0.1312.52 on Mac OS X does not use an appropriate sandboxing approach for worker processes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5155?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5155?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5155 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-5155 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5155 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9r7r-q2mc-v5v3.