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CVE-2012-6702

expat: Using XML_Parse before rand() results into non-random output

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 27, 2015

Updated · August 9, 2026

Description

Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-330 · Use of Insufficiently Random Values