CVE-2012-5140
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 allows remote attackers to...
10.0 HighFix available
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the URL loader.
Exploit likelihood
1.65%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the URL loader.
- Record
CVE-2012-5140- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the URL loader.
- Record
CVE-2012-5140- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5063 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the URL loader.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5063- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pg47-c68g-687g No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 allows remote attackers to...
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the URL loader.
- Record
GHSA-pg47-c68g-687g- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 No score
chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 No score
ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-5140 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Google Chrome, published December 12, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.65%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in chromium 55.0.2883.75-3.1.
References
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15301
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=159429
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/12/stable-channel-update.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00073.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5140
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pg47-c68g-687g
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