CVE-2012-5134

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-11-27
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)	ELSA-2012-1512	2012-11-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (libxml2)	ELSA-2012-1512	2012-11-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (mingw32-libxml2)	ELSA-2013-0217	2013-01-31