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CVE-2012-0841
libxml2 before 2.8.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.3%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
libxml2 before 2.8.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (20)
- APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0324 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120222 libxml2: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1026723 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 54886 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2417 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660846 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_0841_denial_of (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 55568 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 52107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8973d58b7498fa5100a876815476b81fd1a2412a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .