Vulnerability in Mark Pilgrim Feedparser
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 · 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: 0.027 (85.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.027 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Mark Pilgrim Feedparser — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/81701 (vdb-entry)
- code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS
- wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157
- code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371
- secunia.com/advisories/49256 (third-party-advisory)