Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2012-0841
libxml2 before 2.8.0 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 crafted XML data.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (87.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Xmlsoft Libxml2 — versions 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0324.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/22/1 (mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html (vendor-advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
- xmlsoft.org/news.html
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/54886 (third-party-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-0841?
- CVE-2012-0841 is a vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under CWE-399. Published 2012-12-21.
- Is CVE-2012-0841 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.