CVE-2012-5129

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.

Published: 2012-12-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5129 is rated Moderate Risk (52.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.12%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5129

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.44% 1.12% +0.67%
2 2025-03-30 0.72% 0.44% -0.28%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.72% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5129

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5129

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5129

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-5129 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mesa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5129
gentoo normal CVE-2012-5129: 1 GLSA(s) (201404-06), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/mesa); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-5129
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5129
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5129 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (mesa, mesa-lts-quantal), 14 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): DNE 5, not-affected 5, needs-triage 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5129

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5129

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome 23.0.1271.91 cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome:23.0.1271.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome 23.0.1271.92 cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome:23.0.1271.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome_os <= 21.0.1180.57 cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5129

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