CVE-2012-6139
libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or
02 Description
libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or
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
- 4.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.7% 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
- 2013-04-12 22:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0c1bbb7fc1d1532178b8dc9e1c677c340fd6a6ed8f901b518fd8496ffad2300b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1784-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1784-1
- secunia.com52884http://secunia.com/advisories/52884
- secunia.com52813http://secunia.com/advisories/52813
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685330
- www.suse.comSUSE-SU-2013:1654https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131654-1.html
- www.suse.comSUSE-SU-2013:1656https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131656-1.html
- git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=dc11b6b379a882418093ecc8adf11f6166682e8d
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0593http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00028.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0585http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00020.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:141http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:141
- www.securitytracker.com1028338http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028338
- xmlsoft.orghttp://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/news.html
- secunia.com52745http://secunia.com/advisories/52745
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-4507http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102065.html
- secunia.com52805http://secunia.com/advisories/52805
- wiki.mageia.orghttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0107
- git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=6c99c519d97e5fcbec7a9537d190efb442e4e833
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685328
- www.debian.orgDSA-2654http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2654
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxslt Fixed in 1.1.26-14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxslt Fixed in 1.1.26-14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxslt Fixed in 1.1.26-14.1
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.