Description
libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c.
Published: 2013-04-12
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 10.8% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2654-1 libxslt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-6000 libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1784-1 libxslt vulnerability
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02299}

epss

{'score': 0.04603}


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Xmlsoft Libxslt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:28:39.419Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6139

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-04-12T22:55:01.007

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

Link: CVE-2012-6139

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-6139 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses