cve/2017/CVE-2017-12627.md

### [CVE-2017-12627](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12627)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365

#### Github
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