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CVE-2012-0818

Published: Nov 23, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-200
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.2%
Top 13.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

RESTEasy before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a DOM document, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

n/an/a
resteasyredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-clientMavenOSS Libraries
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785631
bugzilla.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1059.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51748
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 23, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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