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    CVE-2012-2871

    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.

    Published:Aug 31, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 31, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00601
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Iphone Os
    Vendor
    Google
    Product
    Chrome
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Xmlsoft
    Product
    Libxml2

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673
    http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50838
    http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
    http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930
    http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164
    https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78179
    http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673
    http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50838
    http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
    http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930
    http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164
    https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78179

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High