ghsa-hm5h-j86h-82pc
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Published
2022-05-13 01:12
Modified
2025-04-11 03:58
Details

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": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-1148"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-07-03T19:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-hm5h-j86h-82pc",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T03:58:59Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:12:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1148"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT205637"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166\u0026r2=1.167"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/49504"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51024"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51040"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail\u0026atid=110127\u0026aid=2958794\u0026group_id=10127"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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