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libxml2 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libxml2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.8.0+dfsg1-7
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-5134
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5134
libxml2
Fixed versions: 2.8.0+dfsg1-7
libxml2
Fixed versions: 2.8.0+dfsg1-7
libxml2
Fixed versions: 2.8.0+dfsg1-7
Complete source record
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