CVE-2017-12627
N/A
Published: March 1, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXerces C++
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
In Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library before 3.2.1, processing of external DTD paths can result in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.2.1
Affected range stops below 3.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/203VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103219x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2017-12627.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00032.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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