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CVE-2012-1148

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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.

References

http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/49504

http://secunia.com/advisories/51024

http://secunia.com/advisories/51040

http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=2958794&group_id=10127

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2

https://support.apple.com/HT205637

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2012-07-03

Updated: 2021-01-25

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

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