CVE-2012-4885

Description

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.

References

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9

http://secunia.com/advisories/48504

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3