CVE-2012-2871
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2851)
- Published
- August 31, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2851 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
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- apple / iphone os
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
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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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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