Vulnerability: Exploiting Weak Cryptographic Protection in Expat XML Parser
CVE-2012-6702 · MEDIUM Severity
AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
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