CVE-2012-2871

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 31, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-2871: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix