UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1148

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CVE-2012-1148
Published: 03 Jul 2012, 00:00
Last modified:28 May 2026, 04:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Jul 2012, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 May 2026, 04:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•ayttm

    all | all

  • ubuntu•cableswig

    all | all

  • ubuntu•cadaver

    all | all | all | all | all | all | all

  • ubuntu•coin3

    all | all

  • ubuntu•insighttoolkit

    all | all

  • ubuntu•libxmltok

    < 1.2-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2 | < 1.2-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm5 | < 1.2-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm5 | < 1.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm5 | < 1.2-4.1ubuntu2.24.0.4.1+esm3

  • ubuntu•matanza

    all | all | all | all | all | all | all

  • ubuntu•paraview

    all | all

  • ubuntu•sitecopy

    all | all

  • ubuntu•swish-e

    all | all | all | all | all | all | all | all

  • ubuntu•vnc4

    all | all

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