NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting xerces-c package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.67% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-XERCESC-1975365
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Mar 2018

Introduced: 1 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-12627  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 xerces-c.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xerces-c package and not the xerces-c package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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