CVE-2012-1521

Use-after-free vulnerability in the XML parser in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

• CWE-416

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117110Exploit, Vendor Advisory
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/04/stable-channel-update_30.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/81644Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48992Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201205-01.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400Third Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5485Third Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53309Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75270Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15397Third Party Advisory
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117110Exploit, Vendor Advisory
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/04/stable-channel-update_30.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/81644Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48992Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201205-01.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400Third Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5485Third Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53309Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75270Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15397Third Party Advisory

Published

May 1, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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