CVE-2012-5376
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.6EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.6 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5295)
- Published
- October 11, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5295 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / chrome
References
- http://blog.chromium.org/2012/10/pwnium-2-results-and-wrap-up_10.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154983(Vendor Advisory)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154987(Vendor Advisory)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/10/stable-channel-update_6105.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/86156(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50954(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79186(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15156(Tool Signature)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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