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.
Published: 2012-08-31
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2555-1 libxslt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2851 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1595-1 libxslt vulnerabilities
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Xmlsoft Libxml2
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:50:04.101Z

Reserved: 2012-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2871

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-31T19:55:01.123

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2871

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-08-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2871 - Bugzilla

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