CVE-2012-5129

high

Published 2012-12-04 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5129

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8.0.5-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8.0.5-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`8.0.5-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`8.0.5-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8.0.5-3`

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-update-for-chrome-os_30.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1818-1
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=145525
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5129

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.