The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
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Information
Published : 2016-06-16 18:59
Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46
NVD link : CVE-2016-5300
Mitre link : CVE-2016-5300
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-5300
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Products Affected
- android
libexpat_project
- libexpat
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors