The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-06-16T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:57.567Z

Reserved: 2016-06-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5300

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-16T18:59:10.547

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:33:37.163

Link: CVE-2016-5300

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-06-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5300 - Bugzilla