The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-09-09T21:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:51:59.586Z

Reserved: 2012-09-09T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-4885

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2012-09-09T21:55:07.510

Modified: 2012-09-10T18:27:56.397

Link: CVE-2012-4885

cve-icon Redhat

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