CVE-2012-2921
feedparser denial of service vulnerability
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII encoded document.
How to fix CVE-2012-2921
To remediate CVE-2012-2921, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/feedparser—upgrade to 5.1.2-1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.1.2 or later
- —upgrade to 5.1.2 or later
Is CVE-2012-2921 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 5.1.2-1
- from 0, < 5.1.2
- from 0, < 5.1.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |