Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12627
CVE-2017-12627
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.
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Affected products
23- Range: <3.2.1
<3.2.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.1
- osv-coords20 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xerces-c&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/xerces-c&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/Xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 3.1.4-lp150.2.3.1+ 19 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.4-lp150.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.3-1.9
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.4-3.3.25
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.0-29.17.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-13.3.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/203nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103219nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2017-12627.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00032.htmlnvd
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