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CVE-2012-2870

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Date: August 31, 2012

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (22)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?r1=118654&r2=150123
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2870
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2870
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?view=log
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2870
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138672
https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?r1=75684&r2=149998
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?view=log
http://secunia.com/advisories/50838
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140368
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-2870

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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