CVE-2011-1156

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed DOCTYPE declaration.

Affected products

Mark Pilgrim Feedparser: through 5.0; 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.0 (+3)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/18
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/11
http://secunia.com/advisories/43730
http://secunia.com/advisories/44074
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1156.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46867
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877
https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=91
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html

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