CVE-2012-5376

Publication date 11 October 2012

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	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

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.6 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.6 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2012-5376

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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