CVE-2012-0880 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache Xerces-C++ that allows remote attackers to consume excessive CPU resources. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be triggered by sending a specially crafted XML message to an XML service, leading to hash table collisions. While the attack complexity is low and requires no user interaction, the primary impact is a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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