CVE-2012-0881: Denial of service in Apache Xerces2

CVE-2012-0881 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2020-06-15

Denial of service in Apache Xerces2

Technologies: xerces:xercesImpl (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2012-0881 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2012-0881 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2012-0881?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 15 June 2020.
Which products and versions are affected?
xerces:xercesImpl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.12.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2012-0881?
Yes. xerces:xercesImpl (Maven): upgrade to 2.12.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2012-0881?
Check whether you run xerces:xercesImpl (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • xerces:xercesImpl (Maven): upgrade to 2.12.0 or later
    # set xerces:xercesImpl to 2.12.0 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • xerces:xercesImpl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.12.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2012-0881
  • GHSA-vmqm-g3vh-847m

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