CVE-2012-1148
N/A
Published: July 3, 2012 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsmacOSLibexpat
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
References (18)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/49504Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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