Code Injection in Google Chrome and Opensuse - CVE-2012-5142

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Code Injection in Google Chrome and Opensuse - CVE-2012-5142

Published: December 12, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43255
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5142
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
SUSE
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Opensuse

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-5142

Install update from vendor's website.

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