CVE-2012-1148
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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affected products (11)
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references (55)
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- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167cnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49504cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040cnnvd
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