CVE-2012-4885

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.

El analizador wikitext en MediaWiki 1.17.x antes de 1.17.3 y 1.18.x antes de 1.18.2 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (bucle infinito) a través de ciertas entradas, como lo demuestra la función PadLeft.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-09-09 CVE Reserved
2012-09-09 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html	2012-09-10
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html	2012-09-10
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504	2012-09-10
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555	2012-09-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.17 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.17"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.17 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.17"		beta_1		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.17.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.17.0"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.17.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.17.0"		rc1		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.17.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.17.1"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.17.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.17.2"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.18 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.18"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.18 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.18"		beta_1		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.18.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.18.0"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.18.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.18.0"		rc1		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.18.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.18.1"		-		Affected