CVE-2012-5116

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% 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-416

Description

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 SVG filters.

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/87075
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56413
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=143761
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79863
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14994
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html
http://osvdb.org/87075
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56413
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=143761
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79863
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14994

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