Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of the INPUT element, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted HTML document.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5136 is rated Moderate Risk (53.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.25%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2025-03-30 | 1.70% | 1.25% | -0.45% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 1.25% | 1.70% | +0.45% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 1.25% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
|
high | CVE-2012-5136: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-16), 2 atom(s) (dev-lang/v8, www-client/chromium); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-5136 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2012-5136 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 5, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5136 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | <= 23.0.1271.89 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.0 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.1 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.2 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.3 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.4 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.5 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.6 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.7 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.8 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.9 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.10 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.11 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.12 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.13 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.14 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.15 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.16 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.17 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.18 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.19 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.20 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.21 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.22 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.23 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.24 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.26 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.30 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.31 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.32 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.33 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.35 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.36 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.37 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.38 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.39 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.40 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.41 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.44 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.45 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.46 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.49 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.50 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.51 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.52 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.53 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.54 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.55 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.56 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.57 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.58 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.59 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.60 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.61 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.62 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.64 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.83 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.84 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.85 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.86 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.87 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| chrome | 23.0.1271.88 | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:23.0.1271.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.1 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.2 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |