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CVE-2008-3281

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows…

Medium6.5EPSS 2.5%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2008-3281, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.

Weakness

Affected products

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