CVE-2012-5134: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Nov 27 2012(Updated: )
Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document.
Credit: cve-coordination@google.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | <=23.0.1271.89 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.0 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.1 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.2 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.3 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.4 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.5 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.6 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.7 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.8 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.10 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.11 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.12 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.13 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.14 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.15 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.16 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.17 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.18 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.19 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.20 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.21 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.22 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.23 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.24 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.26 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.30 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.31 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.32 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.33 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.35 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.36 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.37 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.38 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.39 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.40 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.41 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.44 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.45 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.46 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.49 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.50 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.51 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.52 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.53 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.54 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.55 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.56 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.57 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.58 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.60 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.61 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.62 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.64 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.83 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.84 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.85 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.86 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.87 | |
| Google Chrome | =23.0.1271.88 | |
| libxml2-devel | <=2.9.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.7.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.7.1 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.7.2 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.7.3 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.7.4 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.1 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.2 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.3 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.4 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.5 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.6 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.7 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.9 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.10 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.13 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.14 | |
| libxml2-devel | =1.8.16 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.0.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.1.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.1.1 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.0-beta | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.1 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.2 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.3 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.4 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.5 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.6 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.7 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.8 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.9 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.10 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.2.11 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.1 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.2 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.3 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.4 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.5 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.6 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.7 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.8 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.9 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.10 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.11 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.12 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.13 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.3.14 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.1 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.2 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.3 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.4 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.5 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.6 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.7 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.8 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.9 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.10 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.11 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.12 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.13 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.14 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.15 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.16 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.17 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.18 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.19 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.20 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.21 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.22 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.23 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.24 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.25 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.26 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.27 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.28 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.29 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.4.30 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.5.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.5.4 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.5.7 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.5.8 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.5.10 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.5.11 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.1 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.2 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.3 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.4 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.5 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.6 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.7 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.8 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.9 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.11 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.12 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.13 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.14 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.16 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.17 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.18 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.20 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.22 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.26 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.27 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.30 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.6.32 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.7.0 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.7.1 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.7.2 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.7.3 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.7.4 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.7.5 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.7.6 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.7.7 | |
| libxml2-devel | =2.9.0-rc1 | |
| iPhone OS | <=6.1.4 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.0.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.0.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.0.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.1.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.1.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.1.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.1.3 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.1.4 | |
| iPhone OS | =1.1.5 | |
| iPhone OS | =2.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =2.0.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =2.0.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =2.0.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =2.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =2.1.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =2.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =2.2.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =3.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =3.0.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =3.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =3.1.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =3.1.3 | |
| iPhone OS | =3.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =3.2.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =3.2.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.0.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.0.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.2.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.2.5 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.2.8 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.3.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.3.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.3.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.3.3 | |
| iPhone OS | =4.3.5 | |
| iPhone OS | =5.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =5.0.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =5.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =5.1.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =6.0 | |
| iPhone OS | =6.0.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =6.0.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =6.1 | |
| iPhone OS | =6.1.2 | |
| iPhone OS | =6.1.3 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=6a36fbe3b3e001a8a840b5c1fdd81cefc9947f0d
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1512.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2580
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56684
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027815
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1656-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880466
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=158249
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80294
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.in/2012/11/stable-channel-update.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=880477
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1512.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=882064
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2012-5134?
CVE-2012-5134 has a severity rating that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5134?
To fix CVE-2012-5134, update your affected software to the latest versions of Google Chrome or libxml2, which include patches.
Which versions of Google Chrome are affected by CVE-2012-5134?
CVE-2012-5134 affects Google Chrome versions prior to 23.0.1271.91.
Is libxml2 vulnerable to CVE-2012-5134?
Yes, libxml2 versions up to and including 2.9.0 are vulnerable to CVE-2012-5134.
What specific function is responsible for the vulnerability in CVE-2012-5134?
The vulnerability in CVE-2012-5134 is caused by a heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function.
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