ghsa-hj5j-c8qp-mgmv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 16:48
Modified
2024-04-04 01:02
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-20843"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-06-24T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).",
  "id": "GHSA-hj5j-c8qp-mgmv",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T01:02:40Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:48:36Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20843"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/262"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-11"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html"
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      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4472"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5226"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}


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