The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-06-16T18:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:57.567Z
Reserved: 2016-06-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-5300
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-06-16T18:59:10.547
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:54:01.790
Link: CVE-2016-5300
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