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CVE-2012-5851

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
15/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in WebCore in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome through 22 and Safari 5.1.7, does not consider all possible output contexts of reflected data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism via a crafted string, aka rdar problem 12019108.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apple:webkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 22.0.1229.96 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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