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CVE-2017-12627

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Date: March 1, 2018

In Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library before 3.2.1, processing of external DTD paths can result in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12627

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12627

Url: http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2017-12627.txt

Url: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00032.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103219

Url: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/203

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-12627

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version xerces-c - 3.2.1-1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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