CVE - CVE-2012-2870

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2870	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
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=138672 CONFIRM:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140368 CONFIRM:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html CONFIRM:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?r1=75684&r2=149998 CONFIRM:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?view=log CONFIRM:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?r1=118654&r2=150123 CONFIRM:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?view=log CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001 CONFIRM:https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168 CONFIRM:https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177 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
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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