CVE-2012-5851 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-5851

html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in WebCore in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

webkit, chrome, safari
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 22.0.1229.0, 22.0.1229.1, 22.0.1229.2, 22.0.1229.3, 22.0.1229.4, 22.0.1229.6, 22.0.1229.7, 22.0.1229.8, 22.0.1229.9, 22.0.1229.10, 22.0.1229.11, 22.0.1229.12, 22.0.1229.14, 22.0.1229.16, 22.0.1229.17, 22.0.1229.18, 22.0.1229.20, 22.0.1229.21, 22.0.1229.22, 22.0.1229.23, 22.0.1229.24, 22.0.1229.25, 22.0.1229.26, 22.0.1229.27, 22.0.1229.28, 22.0.1229.29, 22.0.1229.31, 22.0.1229.32, 22.0.1229.33, 22.0.1229.35, 22.0.1229.36, 22.0.1229.37, 22.0.1229.39, 22.0.1229.48, 22.0.1229.49, 22.0.1229.50, 22.0.1229.51, 22.0.1229.52, 22.0.1229.53, 22.0.1229.54, 22.0.1229.55, 22.0.1229.56, 22.0.1229.57, 22.0.1229.58, 22.0.1229.59, 22.0.1229.60, 22.0.1229.62, 22.0.1229.63, 22.0.1229.64, 22.0.1229.65, 22.0.1229.67, 22.0.1229.76, 22.0.1229.78, 22.0.1229.79, 22.0.1229.89, 22.0.1229.91, 22.0.1229.92, 22.0.1229.94, 22.0.1229.95, 5.1.7

Timeline

Official Publish: November 15th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.