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CVE-2012-1148: apple mac_os_x Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-1148USN-7307-1DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1148
Published 03-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1148 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 3.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.47%
0%100%
Low · -0.10 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
DSA-2525-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10077-1RHSA-2012:0731USN-5455-1

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.10 pp

From 3.56% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu11 products
  • ayttmAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • cableswigAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • cadaverAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • coin3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • insighttoolkitAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian3 products
  • expat< 2.1.0~beta3-1
  • libxmltokAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • xmlrpc-c< 1.16.33-3.2
Apple1 product
Libexpat_project1 product
  • libexpat≤ 2.0.1 | 1.95.1 | 1.95.2 | 1.95.4 | 1.95.5 | 1.95.6 | 1.95.7 | 1.95.8 | 2.0.0

4 vendors · 16 products

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