# CVE-2013-2902: Use-after-free vulnerability in the XSLT ProcessingInstruction implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57, allows

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-08-21 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the XSLT ProcessingInstruction implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to an applyXSLTransform call involving (1) an HTML document or (2) an xsl:processing-instruction element that is still in the process of loading.

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## References

- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=155043&view=revision
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/08/stable-channel-update.html
- http://crbug.com/260105
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18313
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2741

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