libxslt: two DoS issues fixed in 1.1.28
Published Apr 12, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.29%
Description
libxslt 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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 1.1.27
- 0.0.1
- 0.1.0
- 0.2.0
- 0.3.0
- 0.4.0
- 0.5.0
- 0.6.0
- 0.7.0
- 0.8.0
- 0.9.0
- 0.10.0
- 0.11.0
- 0.12.0
- 0.13.0
- 0.14.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.0.10
- 1.0.11
- 1.0.12
- 1.0.13
- 1.0.14
- 1.0.15
- 1.0.16
- 1.0.17
- 1.0.18
- 1.0.19
- 1.0.20
- 1.0.21
- 1.0.22
- 1.0.23
- 1.0.24
- 1.0.25
- 1.0.26
- 1.0.27
- 1.0.28
- 1.0.29
- 1.0.30
- 1.0.31
- 1.0.32
- 1.0.33
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.1.20
- 1.1.21
- 1.1.22
- 1.1.23
- 1.1.24
- 1.1.25
- 1.1.26
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mingw32-libxslt
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mingw32-libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.29% (0.04286) | 90.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.46% (0.04460) | 90.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 10.82% (0.10825) | 93.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 4.60% (0.04603) | 88.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.30% (0.02299) | 83.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.43% (0.05429) | 83.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.30% (0.02299) | 83.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 22.09% (0.22094) | 96.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 13.73% (0.13731) | 95.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 14.25% (0.14254) | 94.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (23)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102065.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00028.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52745 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52805 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52813 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52884 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2654 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:141 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028338 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1784-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/news.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6139 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685328 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685330 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927386 Issue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=6c99c519d97e5fcbec7a9537d190efb442e4e833 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=dc11b6b379a882418093ecc8adf11f6166682e8d x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6139
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0107 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6139
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131654-1.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131656-1.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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