Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2012-5111

 

Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2012-5111

Published: October 9, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43415
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-2012-5111
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.92 does not monitor for crashes of Pepper plug-ins, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-5111

Install update from vendor's website.

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