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CVE-2016-5300
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-16T18:59:10.547 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:10.273

Summary

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.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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