The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
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Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-06-16
Updated: 2021-07-31
Type: CWE-399
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH