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CVE-2012-0881
Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to…
High7.5EPSS 17.5%
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- redhat
Description
Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.5% · top 2.9% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenxerces:xercesImplGHSA-vmqm-g3vh-847m (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- [j-users] 20180503 [ANNOUNCEMENT]: Apache Xerces-J 2.12.0 now available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140708 Summer bug cleaning - some Hash DoS stuff (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Report (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [lucene-solr-user] 20200320 CVEs (vulnerabilities) that apply to Solr 8.4.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1685 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787104 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [hadoop-common-issues] 20210928 [GitHub] [hadoop] warrenzhu25 opened a new pull request #3496: HADOOP-17941. Update xerces to 2.12 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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 Advisory GHSA-vmqm-g3vh-847m (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .