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xerces-c — security advisory
Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.
- Products
- xerces-c
- Affected versions
- 3.1.1-3, 3.1.1-3ubuntu1, 3.1.1-4, 3.1.1-5, 3.1.1-5.1, 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1, 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1, 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3build0.14.04.1, 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4build0.14.04.1, 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4ubuntu0.1~esm2, 3.1.1-5.1~build0.14.04.1, 3.1.2+debian-1, 3.1.3+debian-1, 3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm3, 3.1.4+debian-2, 3.1.4+debian-2build1, 3.2.0+debian-2, 3.2.0+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.2.0+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm2, 3.2.0+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm3, 3.2.2+debian-1build1, 3.2.2+debian-1build2, 3.2.2+debian-1build3, 3.2.2+debian-1ubuntu0.1, 3.2.2+debian-1ubuntu0.2, 3.2.3+debian-3, 3.2.3+debian-3build1, 3.2.3+debian-3ubuntu0.1, 3.2.3+debian-3ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.2.4+debian-1.1, 3.2.4+debian-1.2ubuntu1, 3.2.4+debian-1.2ubuntu2, 3.2.4+debian-1.3build1, 3.2.4+debian-1.3build2, 3.2.4+debian-1build1, 3.2.4+debian-1build2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-0880
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2012-0880
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Complete source record
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