CVE-2012-0880

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Xerces C++: all versions

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/96
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787103
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/96
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787103

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