CVE-2017-12627
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 8.1% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 8.14% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-476 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-03-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | xerces-c\+\+ |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/203
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103219
- http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2017-12627.txt
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00032.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/203
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103219
- http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2017-12627.txt
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00032.html
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