libxslt — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libxslt
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.1.26-14
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-2870
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870
libxslt
Fixed versions: 1.1.26-14
libxslt
Fixed versions: 1.1.26-14
libxslt
Fixed versions: 1.1.26-14
Complete source record
{
"id": "9903381adc97ccc4bdd5b823b48698707c8ab7fbbc594053e14f2a627069e2b8",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870",
"summary": "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.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "libxslt",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1.1.26-14",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "libxslt",
"evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1.1.26-14",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "libxslt",
"evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1.1.26-14",
"evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "unknown",
"structured": {
"id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870",
"aliases": [
"DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870"
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.1.26-14"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libxslt",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxslt?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.1.26-14"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libxslt",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxslt?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.1.26-14"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libxslt",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxslt?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2870.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:26.624941392Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2012-2870"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2870"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2012-2870",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 416953,
"published_at": "2012-08-31T19:55:01.077+00:00"
}