expat — security advisory

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  "id": "3d424ce559cdbf078a103ee106a6164cfa7ce334866ff0f75e145263619e6b8e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "expat",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.0-r0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "expat",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.0-r0",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "expat",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.0-r0",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702",
      "aliases": [
        "ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.2.0-r0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "expat",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.2"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.2.0-r0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "expat",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.3"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.2.0-r0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "expat",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.4"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:17:54.934329405Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2012-6702"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2012-6702"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2012-6702",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414919,
  "published_at": "2016-06-16T18:59:00.327+00:00"
}