CVE-2012-5118 describes an integer validation vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 23.0.1271.64 on Mac OS X, affecting both Apple and Google Chrome on that operating system. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite limited community discussion, the vulnerability has received some media coverage.
| 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.