CVE-2012-1148

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1148
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
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

Problem Types: CWE-399

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 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
CVS Info for project expat CONFIRM expat.cvs.sourceforge.net Patch
Expat XML Parser - Browse /expat/2.1.0 at SourceForge.net CONFIRM sourceforge.net
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
USN-1613-2: Python 2.4 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 and Security Update 2015-008 APPLE lists.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2525-1 expat DEBIAN www.debian.org
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA51024 - Ubuntu update for python2.5 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Expat XML Parsing Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.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
USN-1613-1: Python 2.5 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Expat XML Parser / Bugs / #485 memory leak in poolGrow CONFIRM sourceforge.net
USN-1527-1: Expat vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:041 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Security Advisory SA51040 - Ubuntu update for python2.4 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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