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01 Record

CVE-2012-5134

Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: Chrome
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers

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
4.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 90.9% 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
Important. 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
2012-11-28 01:00Z13 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 20:58Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2012-09-24
Assigning CNA
Chrome
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
6ef4f1398a247e52ae145bb013b7f470221f8e100a59b6032129bf17b76fc8f9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
appleiphone_osNot specified—
googlechromeNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
xmlsoftlibxml2Not specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • libxml2
    Fixed in 2.8.0+dfsg1-7

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • libxml2
    Fixed in 2.8.0+dfsg1-7

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • libxml2
    Fixed in 2.8.0+dfsg1-7

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.