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libxml2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2807

Multiple integer overflows in libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 and other products, on 64-bit Linux platforms allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Products
libxml2
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.8.0+dfsg1-5
CVEs
CVE-2012-2807
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2807

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Jun 2012, 10:18 UTC

Multiple integer overflows in libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 and other products, on 64-bit Linux platforms allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2807

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.8.0+dfsg1-5

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.8.0+dfsg1-5

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.8.0+dfsg1-5

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:50.113844398Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 419198,
  "published_at": "2012-06-27T10:18:38.353+00:00"
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