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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-2870 Detail

Current Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138672 CVE, Chrome
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140368 CVE, Chrome
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html CVE, Chrome
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html CVE, Chrome
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html CVE, Chrome
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html CVE, Chrome
http://secunia.com/advisories/50838 CVE, Chrome
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886 CVE, Chrome
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?r1=75684&r2=149998 CVE, Chrome
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?view=log CVE, Chrome
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?r1=118654&r2=150123 CVE, Chrome
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?view=log CVE, Chrome
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 CVE, Chrome
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001 CVE, Chrome
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555 CVE, Chrome
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164 CVE, Chrome
https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168 CVE, Chrome
https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177 CVE, Chrome

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-2870
NVD Published Date:
08/31/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Chrome