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Medium
CVE-2012-1148
Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat...
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49504
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=2958794&group_id=10127
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.95.1, 1.95.2, 1.95.4, 1.95.5, 1.95.6, 1.95.7, 1.95.8, 2.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 3rd, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.