CVE-2012-5116 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 23.0.1271.64, specifically related to the handling of SVG filters. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity risk, as it can be exploited remotely without authentication to cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. While there is minimal community discussion and media coverage, the vulnerability's potential for remote denial of service warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 23.0.1271.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
23.0.1271.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
23.0.1271.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
23.0.1271.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
23.0.1271.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.