Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package expat  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-EXPAT-600441
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed3 Jul 2012

Introduced: 3 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-1147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Debian.

readfilemap.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files.