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CVE-2012-5704

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The Hotblocks module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.8 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "administer hotblocks" permission to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and time out) via a block that references itself.

Affected products

• Justin Dodge Hotblocks: 6.x-1.5, 6.x-1.6, 6.x-1.7, 6.x-1.x-dev

References

• http://drupal.org/node/1732828
• http://drupal.org/node/1732946
• http://www.madirish.net/543
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1
• http://drupal.org/node/1732828
• http://drupal.org/node/1732946
• http://www.madirish.net/543
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1

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