CVE-2012-5115

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 on Mac OS X does not properly mitigate improper write behavior in graphics drivers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that trigger "wild writes."

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 23.0.1271.62; 23.0.1271.0, 23.0.1271.1, 23.0.1271.2, 23.0.1271.3, 23.0.1271.4, 23.0.1271.5 (+47)

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html
http://osvdb.org/87084
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56413
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=149904
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79861
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html
http://osvdb.org/87084
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56413
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=149904
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79861

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