CVE-2012-5134

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-11-27

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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CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

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

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)ELSA-2012-15122012-11-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (libxml2)ELSA-2012-15122012-11-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (mingw32-libxml2)ELSA-2013-02172013-01-31



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