CVE-2012-0841

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0841
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-21 05:46:14 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlibxml2 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.2.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.2.8 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.3.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.3.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.3.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.3.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 5.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 5.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 5.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 5.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 6.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 6.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 6.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 6.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 6.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.7.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.7.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.7.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.7.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.7.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.13 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.14 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.5 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 1.8.9 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.0.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.1.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.1.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.0 beta All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.5 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.9 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.12 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.13 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.14 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.5 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.9 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.12 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.13 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.14 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.15 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.18 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.19 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.20 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.21 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.22 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.23 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.24 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.25 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.26 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.27 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.28 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.29 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.30 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.5 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.9 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.12 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.13 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.14 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.18 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.20 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.21 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.22 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.23 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.24 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.25 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.26 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.27 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.28 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.29 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.30 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.31 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.32 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.5 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.9 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.1 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.5 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xmlsoft.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA54886 - Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8 iTunes 11.1.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
#660846 - libxml2: CVE-2012-0841 computational DoS attack via hash collisions - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
CVE-2012-0841 Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in libxml2 (Third Party Vulnerability Resolution Blog) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.oracle.com
Libxml2 Hash Table Collision Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
libxml2 Hash Collision Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
About the security content of iTunes 11.1.4 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:150 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2417-1 libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 iOS 7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
oss-security - libxml2: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Add hash randomization to hash and dict structures (8973d58b) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1627-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.xerox.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-0841 MITRE access.redhat.com
787067 – (CVE-2012-0841) CVE-2012-0841 libxml2: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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