CVE-2012-2870
libxslt 1.1.26 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly manage memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a
02 Description
libxslt 1.1.26 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly manage memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-31 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-05-19
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 33e20ed3039eb3604f09ed62ebe776c7e945f035c09a48c9dbb506eac3e37f9c
05 Affected products
06 References
- code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138672
- chromiumcodereview.appspot.comhttps://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168
- secunia.com50838http://secunia.com/advisories/50838
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2555http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555
- src.chromium.orghttp://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?r1=75684&r2=149998
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
- secunia.com54886http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
- code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140368
- chromiumcodereview.appspot.comhttps://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177
- src.chromium.orghttp://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?view=log
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1215http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:164http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164
- src.chromium.orghttp://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?view=log
- src.chromium.orghttp://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?r1=118654&r2=150123
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxslt Fixed in 1.1.26-14
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxslt Fixed in 1.1.26-14
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxslt Fixed in 1.1.26-14
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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