Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	xmlrpc-c	>=0 <1.16.33-3.2	1.16.33-3.2
debian 11	xmlrpc-c	>=0 <1.16.33-3.2	1.16.33-3.2
debian 11	expat	>=0 <2.1.0~beta3-1	2.1.0~beta3-1
debian 11	libxmltok	=1.2-4 \|\| =1.2-4.1 \|\| =1.2-4.1~exp1 \|\| =1.2-4.2	-
debian 14	xmlrpc-c	>=0 <1.16.33-3.2	1.16.33-3.2
debian 12	expat	>=0 <2.1.0~beta3-1	2.1.0~beta3-1
debian 14	expat	>=0 <2.1.0~beta3-1	2.1.0~beta3-1
debian 12	libxmltok	=1.2-4 \|\| =1.2-4.1 \|\| =1.2-4.1~exp1 \|\| =1.2-4.2	-
debian 13	xmlrpc-c	>=0 <1.16.33-3.2	1.16.33-3.2
debian 13	expat	>=0 <2.1.0~beta3-1	2.1.0~beta3-1

1-10 of 15

Aliases

1. CVE-2012-11482. NVD-2012-11483. OSV-DEBIAN-2012-11484. OSV-2012-11485. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2012-1148

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