CVE-2016-5300 (GCVE-0-2016-5300)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:00
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Summary
The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-06-04 00:00
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