CVE-2012-5156 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 24.0.1312.52, specifically impacting PDF field handling. This medium-complexity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts, including information disclosure and arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 24.0.1312.51CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1272.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:24.0.1272.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1272.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:24.0.1272.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1273.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:24.0.1273.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1274.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:24.0.1274.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.