FKIE_CVE-2012-1148
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-07-03 19:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:39
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| libexpat_project | libexpat | * | |
| libexpat_project | libexpat | 1.95.1 | |
| libexpat_project | libexpat | 1.95.2 | |
| libexpat_project | libexpat | 1.95.4 | |
| libexpat_project | libexpat | 1.95.5 | |
| libexpat_project | libexpat | 1.95.6 | |
| libexpat_project | libexpat | 1.95.7 | |
| libexpat_project | libexpat | 1.95.8 | |
| libexpat_project | libexpat | 2.0.0 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | * |
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