CVE-2012-1148

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Memory 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.

Memory 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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-07-03 19:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2018-01-05 02:29:00

Affected Software

libexpat Expat 1.95.1

1.95.1

libexpat Expat 1.95.2

1.95.2

libexpat Expat 1.95.4

1.95.4

libexpat Expat 1.95.5

1.95.5

libexpat Expat 1.95.6

1.95.6

libexpat Expat 1.95.7

1.95.7

libexpat Expat 1.95.8

1.95.8

libexpat Expat 2.0.0

2.0.0

libexpat Expat

Apple Mac OS X

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.