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CVE-2012-1148

Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files that cause improperly-handled reallocation failures when expanding entities.

Published

2012-07-03T19:55:02.757

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application libexpat_project libexpat ≤ 2.0.1 Yes
Application libexpat_project libexpat 1.95.1 Yes
Application libexpat_project libexpat 1.95.2 Yes
Application libexpat_project libexpat 1.95.4 Yes
Application libexpat_project libexpat 1.95.5 Yes
Application libexpat_project libexpat 1.95.6 Yes
Application libexpat_project libexpat 1.95.7 Yes
Application libexpat_project libexpat 1.95.8 Yes
Application libexpat_project libexpat 2.0.0 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x ≤ 10.11.1 Yes
References