CVE-2012-2921

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: 2012-05-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2921 is rated Moderate Risk (47.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2921

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.17% 1.26% +0.08%
2 2025-03-29 1.26% 1.17% -0.08%
3 2025-03-17 1.26%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2921

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2921

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-2921

GHSA-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — feedparser denial of service vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2921

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-2921 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (feedparser), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2921
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2921 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (feedparser), 9 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 5, ignored 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2921

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2921

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mark_pilgrim feedparser <= 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mark_pilgrim feedparser 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mark_pilgrim:feedparser:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2921

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