CVE-2012-0881

7.5 HIGH

Published: October 30, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/11

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787104

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1685

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/49dc6702104a86ecbb40292dcd329ce9ae4c32b74733199ecab14a73%40%3Cj-users.xerces.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rea7b831dceeb2a2fa817be6f63b08722042e3647fb2d47c144370a56%40%3Ccommon-issues.hadoop.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/11