Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2012-0876
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
5.72%
Original Filing — NVD Description
The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.