CVE-2012-2870

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    CVE-2012-2870

    Published: 31 Aug 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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 crafted XSLT expression that is not properly identified during XPath navigation, related to (1) the xsltCompileLocationPathPattern function in libxslt/pattern.c and (2) the xsltGenerateIdFunction function in libxslt/functions.c.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/50838, http://secunia.com/advisories/54886, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138672, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140368, 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://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?r1=75684&r2=149998, http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?view=log, http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?r1=118654&r2=150123, http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?view=log, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001, https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168, https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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