CVE-2012-1148
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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http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/49504http://secunia.com/advisories/51024http://secunia.com/advisories/51040http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=2958794&group_id=10127https://support.apple.com/HT205637http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525