ALPINE-CVE-2016-5300
- Source
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-5300
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-5300.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2016-5300
- Upstream
- Published
- 2016-06-16T18:59:10Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-25T23:51:20.197357Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
- References
Affected packages
Alpine:v3.2 / expat
Package
- Name
- expat
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source
Alpine:v3.3 / expat
Package
- Name
- expat
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source