CVE-2012-1147

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1147
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-03 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-25 15:44:00 UTC
Descriptionreadfilemap.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.11.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.11.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.11.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.11.1 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.1 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.2 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.4 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.5 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.6 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.7 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.8 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 2.0.0 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.1 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.2 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.4 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.5 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.6 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.7 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 1.95.8 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat 2.0.0 All All All
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Expat XML Parser / Bugs / #484 found a resource leak CONFIRM sourceforge.net
CVS Info for project expat CONFIRM expat.cvs.sourceforge.net
Expat XML Parser - Browse /expat/2.1.0 at SourceForge.net CONFIRM sourceforge.net
APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 and Security Update 2015-008 APPLE lists.apple.com Vendor Advisory
#11432 (found a resource leak in file wxWidgets-2.8/src/expat/xmlwf/readfilemap.c) – wxWidgets MISC trac.wxwidgets.org
Expat XML Parsing Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Apple OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote and Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service and Let Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
About the security content of OS X El Capitan 10.11.2, Security Update 2015-005 Yosemite, and Security Update 2015-008 Mavericks - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
#11194 (resource leak in wxWidgets-2.9.0/src/expat/xmlwf/readfilemap.c) – wxWidgets MISC trac.wxwidgets.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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