--- title: "CVE-2012-5112\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5112?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-5112 Publication date 11 October 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Use-after-free vulnerability in the SVG implementation in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5112?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | chromium-browser | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected | | 15.10 wily | Not affected | | 15.04 vivid | Not affected | | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 13.10 saucy | Not affected | | 13.04 raring | Not affected | | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 | | 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | qtwebkit-source | 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | | 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life | | 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life | | 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life | | 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life | | 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | | 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life | | 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | webkit | 16.10 yakkety | Not in release | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | | 15.10 wily | Not in release | | 15.04 vivid | Not in release | | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life | | 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life | | 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | | 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life | | 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | | webkitgtk | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected | | 15.10 wily | Not affected | | 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life | | 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 13.10 saucy | Not in release | | 12.10 quantal | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5112?format=md#patch-details) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) r161037 (BUG=154983) does not affect webkit in Ubuntu https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/130855 may be the fix, but the upstream chromium bug is still private ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | webkit | * Other: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5112) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5112) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5112) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5112) ### Other references * * * * * *