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CVE-2012-1147

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Date: July 3, 2012

readfilemap.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files.

Language: C

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (12)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1147

Url: http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/xmlwf/readfilemap.c?r1=1.14&r2=1.15

Url: http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/11432

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1147

Url: http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/11194

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT205637

Url: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2895533&group_id=10127&atid=110127

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-1147

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 2.1.0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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