Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting expat package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.37% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-EXPAT-9883370
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed1 Jan 2012

Introduced: 1 Jan 2012

CVE-2012-6702  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 expat.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.

CVSS Base Scores

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