CVE-2012-6139

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6139
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-12 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlibxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.0.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.1.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.10.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.11.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.12.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.13.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.14.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.2.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.3.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.4.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.5.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.6.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.7.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.8.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 0.9.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.12 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.13 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.14 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.15 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.18 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.19 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.20 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.21 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.22 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.23 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.24 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.25 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.26 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.27 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.28 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.29 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.30 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.31 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.32 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.33 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.5 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.0.9 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.12 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.13 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.14 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.15 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.18 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.19 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.20 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.21 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.22 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.23 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.24 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.25 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.26 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.5 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.9 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE-SU-2013:1656-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suse.com
Fix crash with empty xsl:key/@match attribute (dc11b6b3) · Commits · GNOME / libxslt · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Exploit, Patch
Security Advisory SA52884 - SUSE update for libxslt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2654-1 libxslt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-1784-1: libxslt vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0107 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org
Crash when passing an uninitialized variable to document() (6c99c519) · Commits · GNOME / libxslt · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Patch
Security Advisory SA52745 - Ubuntu update for libxslt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 685328 – Crash reading NULL when using xsl:key af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Exploit, Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:141 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: libxslt-1.1.28-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0585-1: moderate: libxslt: fixed denial of service prob af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
xmlsoft.org/XSLT/news.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xmlsoft.org
Security Advisory SA52805 - libxslt "xsltDocumentFunction()" and "xsltAddKey()" Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 685330 – Crash near NULL when passing an uninitialized variable to document() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Patch
openSUSE-SU-2013:0593-1: moderate: libxslt: fixed denial of service prob af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
libxslt XSL Parsing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Security Advisory SA52813 - Debian update for libxslt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE-SU-2013:1654-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suse.com
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