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CVE-2017-12627

xerces-c: Null pointer dereference while processing the path to DTD allows denial of service

Published Modified CWE 476
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

In Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library before 3.2.1, processing of external DTD paths can result in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0xerces-c3.2.1-1.ph1
Photon OS 2.0xerces-c3.2.1-1.ph2
Photon OS 3.0xerces-c3.2.1-1.ph3
debian 11xerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
debian 12xerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
debian 13xerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
debian 14xerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
debian 7xerces-c3.1.1-3+deb7u5
debian 8xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4
debian 9xerces-c3.1.4+debian-2+deb9u1
echoxerces-c, xerces-c-2.6.03.2.1+debian-1 and 1 more
Red Hatxerces-c, xerces-c-devel, xerces-c-docno fix listed
Show all 19 entries from 16 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0xerces-c3.2.1-1.ph1
Photon OS 2.0xerces-c3.2.1-1.ph2
Photon OS 3.0xerces-c3.2.1-1.ph3
debian 11xerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
debian 12xerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
debian 13xerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
debian 14xerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
debian 7xerces-c3.1.1-3+deb7u5
debian 8xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4
debian 9xerces-c3.1.4+debian-2+deb9u1
echoxerces-c3.2.1+debian-1
echoxerces-c-2.6.02.6.0+e1
Red Hatxerces-cno fix listed
Red Hatxerces-c-develno fix listed
Red Hatxerces-c-docno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMxerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMxerces-c3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMxerces-c3.2.0+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

References

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