Resource Management Errors Affecting libxmltok package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.54% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBXMLTOK-10263438
  • published30 May 2025
  • disclosed16 Jun 2016

Introduced: 16 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-5300  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 libxmltok.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxmltok package and not the libxmltok package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1