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CVE-2012-6702 Details

Description

Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 CVE
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html CVE
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/8 CVE

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-310Cryptographic Issues[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libexpat project libexpat
< 2.2.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
15.10
16.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
google android
4.4.4
5.0.2
5.1.1
6.0
6.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6702
NVD Published Date:
Jun 16, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-6702 Details - Not Deferred