CVE-2012-0880
Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Apache Xerces-C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message sent to an XML service that causes hash table collisions.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.40% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apache/xerces-c\+\+
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 5.7% on 21 September 2026 to 4.4% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/96Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787103Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/96Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787103Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.