CVE - CVE-2012-2871

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2871	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html CONFIRM:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673 CONFIRM:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html CONFIRM:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930 CONFIRM:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001 CONFIRM:https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157 DEBIAN:DSA-2555 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2012:164 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164~~ (Obsolete source) SECUNIA:50838 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50838 SECUNIA:54886 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/54886 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1215 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html XF:chrome-xsl-transforms-code-exec(78179) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78179
Assigning CNA
Chrome
Date Record Created
20120519	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120519)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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