CVE-2012-2921
N/A
Published: May 21, 2012 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFeedparser
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII encoded document.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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