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CVE-2012-0841

medium
Published 2012-12-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
macos macOS Affected 48 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
6.1.3 Affected —
6.1.2 Affected —
6.1 Affected —
6.0.2 Affected —
6.0.1 Affected —
6.0 Affected —
5.1.1 Affected —
5.1 Affected —
5.0.1 Affected —
5.0 Affected —
4.3.5 Affected —
4.3.3 Affected —
4.3.2 Affected —
4.3.1 Affected —
4.3.0 Affected —
4.2.8 Affected —
4.2.5 Affected —
4.2.1 Affected —
4.1 Affected —
4.0.2 Affected —
4.0.1 Affected —
4.0 Affected —
3.2.2 Affected —
3.2.1 Affected —
3.2 Affected —
3.1.3 Affected —
3.1.2 Affected —
3.1 Affected —
3.0.1 Affected —
3.0 Affected —
2.2.1 Affected —
2.2 Affected —
2.1.1 Affected —
2.1 Affected —
2.0.2 Affected —
2.0.1 Affected —
2.0.0 Affected —
2.0 Affected —
1.1.5 Affected —
1.1.4 Affected —
1.1.3 Affected —
1.1.2 Affected —
1.1.1 Affected —
1.1.0 Affected —
1.0.2 Affected —
1.0.1 Affected —
1.0.0 Affected —
— Affected —
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-8
sid Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-8
forky Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-8
bullseye Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-8
bookworm Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-8

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
xmlsoftlibxml2{"endIncluding":"2.7.8"}
xmlsoftlibxml21.7.0
xmlsoftlibxml21.7.1
xmlsoftlibxml21.7.2
xmlsoftlibxml21.7.3
xmlsoftlibxml21.7.4
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.0
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.1
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.2
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.3
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.4
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.5
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.6
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.7
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.9
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.10
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.13
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.14
xmlsoftlibxml21.8.16
xmlsoftlibxml22.0.0
xmlsoftlibxml22.1.0
xmlsoftlibxml22.1.1
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.0
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.1
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.2
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.3
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.4
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.5
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.6
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.7
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.8
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.9
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.10
xmlsoftlibxml22.2.11
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.0
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.1
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.2
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.3
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.4
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.5
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.6
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.7
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.8
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.9
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.10
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.11
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.12
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.13
xmlsoftlibxml22.3.14
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.1
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.2
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.3
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.4
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.5
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.6
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.7
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.8
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.9
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.10
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.11
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.12
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.13
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.14
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.15
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.16
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.17
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.18
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.19
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.20
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.21
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.22
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.23
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.24
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.25
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.26
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.27
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.28
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.29
xmlsoftlibxml22.4.30
xmlsoftlibxml22.5.0
xmlsoftlibxml22.5.4
xmlsoftlibxml22.5.7
xmlsoftlibxml22.5.8
xmlsoftlibxml22.5.10
xmlsoftlibxml22.5.11
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.0
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.1
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.2
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.3
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.4
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.5
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.6
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.7
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.8
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.9
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.11
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.12
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.13
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.14
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.16
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.17
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.18
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.20
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.21
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.22
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.23
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.24
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.25
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.26
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.27
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.28
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.29
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.30
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.31
xmlsoftlibxml22.6.32
xmlsoftlibxml22.7.0
xmlsoftlibxml22.7.1
xmlsoftlibxml22.7.2
xmlsoftlibxml22.7.3
xmlsoftlibxml22.7.4
xmlsoftlibxml22.7.5
xmlsoftlibxml22.7.6
xmlsoftlibxml22.7.7

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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