01 Record

CVE-2012-5144

Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.5, do not properly perform AAC decoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: Chrome

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.5, do not properly perform AAC decoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 3.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 88.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2012-12-12 11:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 20:58Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-09-24

Assigning CNA

Chrome

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d1ae13235c2e0aada501d2dfc783babd9c25ecc5a647a2b7196d4a4f961dbaa7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

googlechromeNot specified—

libavlibavNot specified—

opensuseopensuseNot specified—

06 References

libav.orghttp://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.5.changelogx_refsource_CONFIRM
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16007https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16007vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/12/stable-channel-update.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=161639x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1682http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00073.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
libav.orghttp://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.7.changelogx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.ubuntu.comUSN-1705-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1705-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU