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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 cons…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Libexpat ProjectLibexpat
through 2.0.1
Versions 1.95.1, 1.95.2, 1.95.4, 1.95.5, 1.95.6
AppleMac Os X
through 10.11.1

Weakness classification

CWE-399

References