CVE-2012-5126
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 allows remote attackers to...
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the handling of plug-in placeholders.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the handling of plug-in placeholders.
- Record
CVE-2012-5126- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the handling of plug-in placeholders.
- Record
CVE-2012-5126- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5049 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the handling of plug-in placeholders.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5049- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-722v-jvwh-6qg9 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 allows remote attackers to...
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the handling of plug-in placeholders.
- Record
GHSA-722v-jvwh-6qg9- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-5126 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Google Chrome, published November 7, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.39%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/56413
osvdb.org/87082
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=156366
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79873
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15891
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5126
github.com/advisories/GHSA-722v-jvwh-6qg9