CVE-2012-5376
Publication date 11 October 2012
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser | ||
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
9.6 · Critical
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Other references
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/10/stable-channel-update_6105.html
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154987
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154983
- http://blog.chromium.org/2012/10/pwnium-2-results-and-wrap-up_10.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5376