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.
Published: 2012-08-31
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2555-1 libxslt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2850 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1595-1 libxslt vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:50:05.245Z

Reserved: 2012-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2870

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-31T19:55:01.077

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-2870

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-08-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2870 - Bugzilla

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