CVE-2012-4885
The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft
02 Description
The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft
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
- 1.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.2% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2012-09-09 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7947875954efd9e668ab5fb625ca83c77ad000ef5088a790eb934c0da0ae7a40
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120323 CVEs for MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
- lists.wikimedia.org[MediaWiki-announce] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
- secunia.com48504http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
- bugzilla.wikimedia.orghttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
- bugzilla.wikimedia.orghttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555
- lists.wikimedia.org[MediaWiki-announce] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.17.3http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
- www.securityfocus.com52689http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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