National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2893
Original release date:09/26/2012
Last revised:10/13/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Double free vulnerability in libxslt, as used in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XSL transforms.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=154331
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10919019
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromium.git;a=commit;h=9a5da8e7d4b6f3454614b0331a51bf29c966f556
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=144799
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2555
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
Type: Advisory
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)