CVE-2012-4885

N/A Unknown

Published: September 09, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

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 function.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48504

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html