CVE-2012-5144 describes a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome (before 23.0.1271.97) and Libav (0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.5) related to improper AAC decoding, specifically an off-by-one overwrite when switching to an LTP profile from MAIN. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through stack memory corruption and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-based, low-complexity attack with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, this vulnerability is severe. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.