CVE-2017-12627

9.8 criticalEPSS 8.3%

Critical (9.8) in apache xerces-c\+\+. EPSS 8.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 8.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2018-03-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apache:xerces-c\+\+

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/203
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103219
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2017-12627.txt
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00032.html

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