Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XSLStyleSheet::compileStyleSheet function in core/xml/XSLStyleSheetLibxslt.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.66, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of post-failure recompilation in unspecified libxslt versions.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 7 | chromium-browser | 30.0.1599.101-1~deb7u1 | DSA-2785-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | chromium | 55.0.2883.75-3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 |
Advisories 4
- DSA-2785-1 chromium-browser - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-1657 Google Chrome: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 28, 2025
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/10/stable-channel-update.html
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=156248&view=revision
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0065 vendor-advisory
- DSA-2785 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1556 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18687 vdb-entry signature
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=271939
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1861 vendor-advisory