CVE-2012-0841
libxml2 - denial of service
EPSS 0.45%
Description
libxml2 before 2.8.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data.
How to fix CVE-2012-0841
To remediate CVE-2012-0841, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.7.8.dfsg-8 or later
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze3 or later
Is CVE-2012-0841 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.7.8.dfsg-8
- from 0, < 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze3