CVE-2012-6139

libxslt: two DoS issues fixed in 1.1.28

Published Apr 12, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 4.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2654-1 libxslt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-6000 libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1784-1 libxslt vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02299}

epss

{'score': 0.04603}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:28 PM
Reserved
Dec 6, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 12, 2013, 10:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:47 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 2, 2012, 12:00 AM