Description
Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document.
Published: 2012-11-28
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2580-1 libxml security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5057 Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1656-1 Libxml2 vulnerability
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Apple Iphone Os
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Xmlsoft Libxml2
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:58:02.682Z

Reserved: 2012-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5134

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-28T01:55:01.323

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

Link: CVE-2012-5134

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5134 - Bugzilla

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