VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5134
Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 4.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.38% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- google/chrome · xmlsoft/libxml2 · apple/iphone os
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=6a36fbe3b3e001a8a840b5c1fdd81cefc9947f0d
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-update.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/2012-12/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1512.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2580
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56684
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027815
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1656-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880466
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=158249
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80294
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=6a36fbe3b3e001a8a840b5c1fdd81cefc9947f0d
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-update.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/2012-12/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1512.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.