CVE-2012-6702 describes a cryptographic weakness in Expat, affecting products from Canonical, Debian, and Google. When Expat is used in a parser without proper hash salt initialization, it allows attackers to more easily bypass cryptographic protections by manipulating the srand function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on integrity but requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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