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CVE-2012-5138

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5138 describes a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 23.0.1271.95, stemming from improper handling of file paths, impacting Google Chrome and OpenSUSE distributions. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its maximum severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2012/11/stable-channel-update_29.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00004.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
secunia.com / advisories/51447
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15638
securityfocus.com / bid/56741