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title: "CVE-2012-2899\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2899

Publication date 5 January 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2899?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

iOS specific

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2899)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2899)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2899)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2899)

### 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>