High severity · published Oct 30, 2017
CVE-2012-0881
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…
7.5
CVSS
17.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)17.5% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XJ
Xerces2 Java · Apache
through 2.11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0881
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0881
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/11
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787104
Issue Tracking
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1685
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/49dc6702104a86ecbb40292dcd329ce9ae4c32b74733199ecab14a73%40%3Cj-users.xerces.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
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