Input validation error in Opensuse and Google Chrome - CVE-2012-5148
Published: January 15, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43197
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5148
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Google
Affected software:
Opensuse
Google Chrome
Opensuse
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The hyphenation functionality in Google Chrome before 24.0.1312.52 does not properly validate file names, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5148
Install update from vendor's website.