CVE-2012-5121 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 23.0.1271.64, specifically related to video layout. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity, and could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and 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.