CVE-2012-1148
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-07-03 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-02-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1426c1fb557b407a55f3015c71a3b30f1f78b33ed9200ca6ea4458e6415a6f46
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com49504http://secunia.com/advisories/49504
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1527-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT205637
- www.securitytracker.com1034344http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
- expat.cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167
- secunia.com51040http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0731http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html
- www.securityfocus.com52379http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0062http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2525http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:041http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=2958794&group_id=10127
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2957http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1613-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
- secunia.com51024http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1613-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- expat Fixed in 2.1.0~beta3-1
- libxmltok No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c Fixed in 1.16.33-3.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- expat Fixed in 2.1.0~beta3-1
- xmlrpc-c Fixed in 1.16.33-3.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- expat Fixed in 2.1.0~beta3-1
- xmlrpc-c Fixed in 1.16.33-3.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- vnc4 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- paraview No fix yet
- sitecopy No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- paraview No fix yet
- sitecopy No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- paraview No fix yet
- sitecopy No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- coin3 No fix yet
- vnc4 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- ayttm No fix yet
- cableswig No fix yet
- coin3 No fix yet
- insighttoolkit No fix yet
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
- vnc4 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- coin3 No fix yet
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm5Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm5Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm5Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-4.1ubuntu2.24.0.4.1+esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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