CVE-2012-5142
Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows...
10.0 HighFix available
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.
Exploit likelihood
2.73%Down 1.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-5142- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-5142- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5065 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5065- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mp55-9rjm-mhg4 No score
Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows...
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.
- Record
GHSA-mp55-9rjm-mhg4- Weakness
- CWE-94
- 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-2012-5142 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 2.73%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in chromium 55.0.2883.75-3.1.
References
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/12/stable-channel-update.html
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160803
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00073.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16173
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5142
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mp55-9rjm-mhg4
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