CVE-2012-2870

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductGoogle Chrome
PublishedAug 31, 2012
First seenAug 31, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
google chromev ≤ 21.0.1180.88, 21.0.1180.0, 21.0.1180.1, 21.0.1180.2, 21.0.1180.31, 21.0.1180.32, 21.0.1180.33, 21.0.1180.34, 21.0.1180.35, 21.0.1180.36, 21.0.1180.37, 21.0.1180.38, 21.0.1180.39, 21.0.1180.41, 21.0.1180.46, 21.0.1180.47, 21.0.1180.48, 21.0.1180.49, 21.0.1180.50, 21.0.1180.51, 21.0.1180.52, 21.0.1180.53, 21.0.1180.54, 21.0.1180.55, 21.0.1180.56, 21.0.1180.57, 21.0.1180.59, 21.0.1180.60, 21.0.1180.61, 21.0.1180.62, 21.0.1180.63, 21.0.1180.64, 21.0.1180.68, 21.0.1180.69, 21.0.1180.70, 21.0.1180.71, 21.0.1180.72, 21.0.1180.73, 21.0.1180.74, 21.0.1180.75, 21.0.1180.76, 21.0.1180.77, 21.0.1180.78, 21.0.1180.79, 21.0.1180.80, 21.0.1180.81, 21.0.1180.82, 21.0.1180.83, 21.0.1180.84, 21.0.1180.85, 21.0.1180.86, 21.0.1180.87—
apple iphone_osv ≤ 6.1.4, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.5, 4.2.8, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.5, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3—
xmlsoft libxsltv ≤ 1.1.26, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14, 1.1.15, 1.1.16, 1.1.17, 1.1.18, 1.1.19, 1.1.20, 1.1.21, 1.1.22, 1.1.23, 1.1.24—

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