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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:10771
HistoryJan 15, 2019 - 8:52 a.m.

Denial Of Service (DoS)

2019-01-1508:52:02
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
8

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

74.3%

Expat is vulnerable to denial of service. The XML parser xmlparse.c computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, allowing an attacker to crash the process by submiting a malicious XML file that triggers multiple hash function collisions to consume excessive amount of CPU resources.

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