CVE-2012-4908

Publication date 13 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Google Chrome before 18.0.1025308 on Android allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain access to local files via vectors involving a symlink.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 20.0.1132.47~r144678-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

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Notes

sbeattie

may be android only

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=144866
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/chrome-for-android-update.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4908