CVE-2012-6702

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

Publication date:

16/06/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.90

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat::::::::		2.2.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat::::::::		2.2.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

CVE-2012-6702

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools