cve/2012/CVE-2012-1148.md

### [CVE-2012-1148](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1148)
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### Description

Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files that cause improperly-handled reallocation failures when expanding entities.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1

#### Github
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