8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.6%
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.
expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
secunia.com/advisories/49504
secunia.com/advisories/51024
secunia.com/advisories/51040
sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/
sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=2958794&group_id=10127
www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041
www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
support.apple.com/HT205637
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