CVE-2012-2871
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 48 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1.3 | Affected | — |
| 6.1.2 | Affected | — |
| 6.1 | Affected | — |
| 6.0.2 | Affected | — |
| 6.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
| 5.1.1 | Affected | — |
| 5.1 | Affected | — |
| 5.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.5 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.3 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.2 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.1 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.0 | Affected | — |
| 4.2.8 | Affected | — |
| 4.2.5 | Affected | — |
| 4.2.1 | Affected | — |
| 4.1 | Affected | — |
| 4.0.2 | Affected | — |
| 4.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 4.0 | Affected | — |
| 3.2.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.2.1 | Affected | — |
| 3.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.1.3 | Affected | — |
| 3.1.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.1 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 3.0 | Affected | — |
| 2.2.1 | Affected | — |
| 2.2 | Affected | — |
| 2.1.1 | Affected | — |
| 2.1 | Affected | — |
| 2.0.2 | Affected | — |
| 2.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 2.0.0 | Affected | — |
| 2.0 | Affected | — |
| 1.1.5 | Affected | — |
| 1.1.4 | Affected | — |
| 1.1.3 | Affected | — |
| 1.1.2 | Affected | — |
| 1.1.1 | Affected | — |
| 1.1.0 | Affected | — |
| 1.0.2 | Affected | — |
| 1.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 1.0.0 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.1.26-14 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.1.26-14 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.1.26-14 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.1.26-14 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.1.26-14 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endIncluding":"21.0.1180.88"} | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.0 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.1 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.2 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.31 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.32 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.33 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.34 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.35 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.36 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.37 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.38 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.39 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.41 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.46 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.47 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.48 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.49 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.50 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.51 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.52 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.53 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.54 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.55 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.56 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.57 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.59 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.60 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.61 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.62 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.63 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.64 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.68 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.69 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.70 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.71 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.72 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.73 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.74 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.75 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.76 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.77 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.78 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.79 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.80 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.81 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.82 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.83 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.84 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.85 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.86 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.87 | | |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | {"endIncluding":"2.9.0"} | |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164
- https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78179
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2871
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