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CVE-2012-2921
Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.7%
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- mitre
Description
Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII encoded document.
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)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (3 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
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIfeedparserGHSA-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg (opens in a new tab)
References (8)
- 81701 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 53654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49256 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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