Use-after-free in Google Chrome and Opensuse - CVE-2012-5137
Published: December 4, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43273
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-2012-5137
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
SUSE
SUSE
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Opensuse
Google Chrome
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing vectors related to the Media Source API. A remote attackers can cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5137
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-update_29.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51447
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56741
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=162835
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15819