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CVE-2012-1148 Not scored

CVE-2012-1148

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.

Exploit probability 3.6%
Published July 3, 2012
Required by Not available
Last source change April 10, 2026

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1148

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.

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