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CVE-2012-1148
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.5%
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- redhat
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.
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)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 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
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- 49504 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1527-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1034344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51040 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0731 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 52379 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- DSA-2525 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=2958794&group_id=10127 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2957 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-1613-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 51024 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1613-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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