CVE-2012-2899

Publication date 5 January 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.82 on iOS makes certain incorrect calls to WebView methods that trigger use of an applewebdata: URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via vectors involving the document.write method.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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Notes

mdeslaur

iOS specific

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=147625
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/chrome-for-ios-update_24.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2899