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CVE-2011-1754
jabberd14 1.6.1.1 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.3%
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- redhat
Description
jabberd14 1.6.1.1 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- DSA-2249 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/j/jabberd14/jabberd14_1.6.1.1-5+squeeze1/changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44795 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- jabberd14-xml-dos(67771) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 48070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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