VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-0876

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.72%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-07-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references