ubuntu-cve-2012-0880
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-08-08 21:29
Modified
2026-05-20 14:48
Summary
Details

Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-0880",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:48:27Z",
  "published": "2017-08-08T21:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0880"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/96"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0880"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2012-0880"
  ]
}



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