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title: "CVE-2012-5129\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5129

Publication date 4 December 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WebGL subsystem in Google Chrome OS
before 23.0.1271.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(GPU process crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown
vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5129?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mesa | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| mesa-lts-quantal | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5129?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

not chromeos specific

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| mesa | * Upstream:   [src/mes](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/src/mesa/main/uniform_query.cpp?id=46e3aeb07702f57d389fbfcade9d4ef66218dc53) |
| mesa-lts-quantal | * Upstream:   [src/mes](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/src/mesa/main/uniform_query.cpp?id=46e3aeb07702f57d389fbfcade9d4ef66218dc53) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5129)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5129)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5129)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5129)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1818-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1818-1)
+ Mesa vulnerability
+ 7 May 2013

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5129>