CVE-2012-6139 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via NULL pointer dereference in libxslt, affecting applications using the library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-6139?

CVE-2012-6139 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 12 Apr 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6139?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Xmlsoft Libxslt.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6139?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-6139 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6139 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Opensuse Opensuse vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6139, DSA-2654-1, GHSA-jg9f-36wv-mjmx.

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