CVE-2012-2870
Google Chrome libxslt Memory Corruption Denial of Service
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 31, 2012, 7:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:11 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2012-2870 has a 7 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2012-2870
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2012-2870.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2012-2870 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2012-2870 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Source Update by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Chrome http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138672 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://secunia.com/advisories/50838 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?r1=75684&r2=149998 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://secunia.com/advisories/54886 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140368 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?view=log [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?view=log [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?r1=118654&r2=150123 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html [No types assigned] Removed Reference Google Inc. http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?view=log Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?view=log Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/functions.c?r1=75684&r2=149998 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140368 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxslt/libxslt/pattern.c?r1=118654&r2=150123 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138672 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://secunia.com/advisories/50838 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://secunia.com/advisories/54886 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 26, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-2870 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-2870
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.94 }} -0.34%
score
0.88422
percentile