Vulnerability in Boatmob Boat Browser

CVE-2012-5179

The Boat Browser application before 4.2 and Boat Browser Mini application before 3.9 for Android do not properly implement the WebView class, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application.

Published 2012-12-26 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Boatmob Boat Browser — versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
Boatmob Boat Browser Mini — versions 2.6.1, 2.7, 2.7.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000111 (third-party-advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN69589791/index.html (third-party-advisory)