CVE-2012-1148

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductLibexpat
PublishedJul 3, 2012
First seenJul 3, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libexpat_project libexpatv ≤ 2.0.1, 1.95.1, 1.95.2, 1.95.4, 1.95.5, 1.95.6, 1.95.7, 1.95.8, 2.0.0—
apple mac_os_xv ≤ 10.11.1—

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