CVE-2012-5376

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 22.0.1229.94 — fixed in 22.0.1229.94

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 22.0.1229.94. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://blog.chromium.org/2012/10/pwnium-2-results-and-wrap-up_10.html
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154983
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154987
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/10/stable-channel-update_6105.html
http://osvdb.org/86156
http://secunia.com/advisories/50954
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79186
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15156
http://blog.chromium.org/2012/10/pwnium-2-results-and-wrap-up_10.html
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154983
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154987
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/10/stable-channel-update_6105.html

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