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CVE-2012-2870 json

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 attacke…

published 2012-08-31 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2850

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libxslt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.26-14

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870

  • libxslt RHEL 5 1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
  • libxslt RHEL 6 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1
  • libxslt-python RHEL 5 1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
  • libxslt-python RHEL 6 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1265

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 55.0.2883.75-3.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-2870 updated cvss 4.3

libxslt: Use-after-free when processing an invalid XPath expression

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) libxslt 1.1.17-4.el5_8.3, libxslt-python 1.1.17-4.el5_8.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libxslt 1.1.17-4.el5_8.3, libxslt-python 1.1.17-4.el5_8.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) libxslt 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1, libxslt-python 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) libxslt 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1, libxslt-python 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) libxslt 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1, libxslt-python 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) libxslt 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1, libxslt-python 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) libxslt 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1, libxslt-python 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libxslt 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1, libxslt-python 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) libxslt 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1, libxslt-python 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) libxslt 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1, libxslt-python 1.1.26-2.el6_3.1 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libxslt 1.1.17-4.el5_8.3, libxslt-python 1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1265

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Exploit prediction

2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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