CVE-2012-1148

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1148
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-03 19:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMemory 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.

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 Mac Os X All 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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USN-1613-2: Python 2.4 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
CVS Info for project expat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 expat.cvs.sourceforge.net Patch
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:041 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-1613-1: Python 2.5 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA51024 - Ubuntu update for python2.5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA51040 - Ubuntu update for python2.4 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Expat XML Parsing Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Expat XML Parser / Bugs / #485 memory leak in poolGrow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2525-1 expat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-1527-1: Expat vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Expat XML Parser - Browse /expat/2.1.0 at SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 and Security Update 2015-008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
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