CVE-2012-0881

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0881
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-30 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:23:00 UTC
DescriptionApache 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Xerces2 Java All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
787104 – (CVE-2012-0881) CVE-2012-0881 xml: xerces-j2 hash table collisions CPU usage DoS (oCERT-2011-003) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[XERCESJ-1685] Security threat CVE-2012-0881 - ASF JIRA CONFIRM issues.apache.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rea7b831dceeb2a2fa817be6f63b08722042e3647fb2d47c1... MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
oss-security - Summer bug cleaning - some Hash DoS stuff MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980637 Java (maven) Security Update for xerces:xercesImpl (GHSA-vmqm-g3vh-847m)
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