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title: "CVE-2012-5115\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5115

Publication date 7 November 2012

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 23.0.1271.64 on Mac OS X does not properly mitigate
improper write behavior in graphics drivers, which allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via
unknown vectors that trigger "wild writes."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5115?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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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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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

Mac OS X only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5115)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5115)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5115)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5115)

### Other references

* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=149904>
* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5115>