CVE-2012-0880

Severity

78%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

115%

Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.

Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2017-08-08 21:29:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-18 11:56:00

Affected Software

Apache Software Foundation Xerces-C++

References

[oss-security] 20140708 Summer bug cleaning - some Hash DoS stuff

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787103

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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