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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-07-03T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:45:27.498Z

Reserved: 2012-02-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-1148

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-03T19:55:02.757

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:36:32.257

Link: CVE-2012-1148

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-03-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1148 - Bugzilla