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CVE-2017-12627

critical

Description

In Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library before 3.2.1, processing of external DTD paths can result in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103219

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/203

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00032.html

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365

http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2017-12627.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-03-01

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01579