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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 2.4%
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- Chrome
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- 50838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- DSA-2555 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- chrome-xsl-transforms-code-exec(78179) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54886 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1215 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .