CVE-2012-1147 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in expat versions prior to 2.1.0, affecting products like Apple macOS and libexpat. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by providing numerous crafted XML files, leading to excessive file descriptor consumption and system unavailability. While the attack complexity is medium, the impact is limited to partial denial of service, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.95.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.95.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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