CVE-2012-2871
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 31, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 19, 2012
Description
libxml2 2.9.0-rc1 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly support a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of XSL transforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted document, related to the _xmlNs data structure in include/libxml/tree.h.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 50838third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8vendor-advisory
- DSA-2555vendor-advisory
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
- chrome-xsl-transforms-code-exec(78179)vdb-entry
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
- 54886third-party-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1215vendor-advisory
- https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157
- MDVSA-2012:164vendor-advisory
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log
- APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2vendor-advisory
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