CVE-2012-2870

iPhone OS < 6.1.4 - Denial of Service via Crafted XSLT Expression

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libxslt 1.1.26 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly manage memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XSLT expression that is not properly identified during XPath navigation, related to (1) the xsltCompileLocationPathPattern function in libxslt/pattern.c and (2) the xsltGenerateIdFunction function in libxslt/functions.c.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50838
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0245
EPSS Percentile 82.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (50)
apple/iphone_os 1.0.0
apple/iphone_os 1.0.1
apple/iphone_os 1.0.2
apple/iphone_os 1.1.0
apple/iphone_os 1.1.1
apple/iphone_os 1.1.2
apple/iphone_os 1.1.3
apple/iphone_os 1.1.4
apple/iphone_os 1.1.5
apple/iphone_os 2.0
... and 40 more
Published Aug 31, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026