CVE-2017-12627 (GCVE-0-2017-12627)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-01 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:15
VLAI
Summary
In Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library before 3.2.1, processing of external DTD paths can result in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-02-28 00:00
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