cve/2012/CVE-2012-2921.md

### [CVE-2012-2921](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2921)
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### Description

Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII encoded document.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706
- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.
Update Sun May 26 14:27:04 CEST 2024 2024-05-26 14:27:05 +02:00			`### [CVE-2012-2921](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2921)`
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Update CVE list 2025-09-29 21:09 2025-09-29 21:09:30 +02:00			`![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa%20&color=brightgreen)`
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Update Sun May 26 14:27:04 CEST 2024 2024-05-26 14:27:05 +02:00
			`### Description`

			`Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII encoded document.`

			`### POC`

			`#### Reference`
			`- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706`
			`- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py`

			`#### Github`
			`No PoCs found on GitHub currently.`