CVE-2012-5137 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Chrome and OpenSUSE Chrome versions prior to 23.0.1271.95, stemming from issues within the Media Source API. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 23.0.1271.94CPE 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:C/I:C/A:C
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.