CVE-2012-2870: apple iphone_os Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-2870 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in apple iphone_os. EPSS estimates a 2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2Timeline
- 31-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
84%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.46% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Apple1 product
- iphone_osEOL≤ 6.1.4 | 10.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 4.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.1 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.5 | 4.2.8 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.1 | 5.1.1 | 6.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 6.1 | 6.1.2 | 6.1.3
Debian1 product
- libxslt< 1.1.26-14
Google1 product
- chromeEOL≤ 21.0.1180.88 | 21.0.1180.0 | 21.0.1180.1 | 21.0.1180.2 | 21.0.1180.31 | 21.0.1180.32 | 21.0.1180.33 | 21.0.1180.34 | 21.0.1180.35 | 21.0.1180.36 | 21.0.1180.37 | 21.0.1180.38 | 21.0.1180.39 | 21.0.1180.41 | 21.0.1180.46 | 21.0.1180.47 | 21.0.1180.48 | 21.0.1180.49 | 21.0.1180.50 | 21.0.1180.51 | 21.0.1180.52 | 21.0.1180.53 | 21.0.1180.54 | 21.0.1180.55 | 21.0.1180.56 | 21.0.1180.57 | 21.0.1180.59 | 21.0.1180.60 | 21.0.1180.61 | 21.0.1180.62 | 21.0.1180.63 | 21.0.1180.64 | 21.0.1180.68 | 21.0.1180.69 | 21.0.1180.70 | 21.0.1180.71 | 21.0.1180.72 | 21.0.1180.73 | 21.0.1180.74 | 21.0.1180.75 | 21.0.1180.76 | 21.0.1180.77 | 21.0.1180.78 | 21.0.1180.79 | 21.0.1180.80 | 21.0.1180.81 | 21.0.1180.82 | 21.0.1180.83 | 21.0.1180.84 | 21.0.1180.85 | 21.0.1180.86 | 21.0.1180.87
Xmlsoft1 product
- libxslt≤ 1.1.26 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1.1.15 | 1.1.16 | 1.1.17 | 1.1.18 | 1.1.19 | 1.1.20 | 1.1.21 | 1.1.22 | 1.1.23 | 1.1.24
4 vendors · 4 products
References
19 links- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138672X Refsource CONFIRM
- chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10823168X Refsource CONFIRM
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6001X Refsource CONFIRM
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- support.apple.com/kb/HT5934X Refsource CONFIRM
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- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140368X Refsource CONFIRM
- chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10830177X Refsource CONFIRM