CVE-2012-5134
libxml2 - buffer overflow
EPSS 2.1%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-5134
To remediate CVE-2012-5134, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.8.0+dfsg1-7 or later
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze6 or later
Is CVE-2012-5134 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.8.0+dfsg1-7
- from 0, < 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze6