CVE-2012-4885
N/A
Published: September 9, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMediaWiki
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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