In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-06-24T16:06:38

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:28.660Z

Reserved: 2019-06-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-20843

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-24T17:15:09.980

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:56:21.553

Link: CVE-2018-20843

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-06-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20843 - Bugzilla