CVE-2012-5134
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5057)
- Published
- November 28, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5057 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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- google / chrome
- google / chrome
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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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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