{"id":"CVE-2012-2921","aliases":["GHSA-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg","PYSEC-2012-14"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2921","summary":"feedparser denial of service vulnerability","details":"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.","published":"2012-05-21T22:55:01Z","modified":"2026-04-10T03:44:16.994285Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"feedparser","fixedVersion":"5.1.2"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49256"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://osvdb.org/81701"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-04-10T03:44:16.994285Z"}}