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    CVE-2012-2921

    Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII encoded document.

    Published:May 21, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:May 21, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.01258
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mark Pilgrim
    Product
    Feedparser

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371
    http://osvdb.org/81701
    http://secunia.com/advisories/49256
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654
    https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706
    https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py
    https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157
    http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371
    http://osvdb.org/81701
    http://secunia.com/advisories/49256
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654
    https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706
    https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py
    https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High