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CVE-2012-1148

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
03/07/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.11.1 (including)

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