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CVE-2011-1755
jabberd2 before 2.2.14 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
High7.5EPSS 3.7%
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- redhat
Description
jabberd2 before 2.2.14 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 | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- jabberd-xml-entity-dos(67770) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://codex.xiaoka.com/svn/jabberd2/tags/jabberd-2.2.14/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44957 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 44787 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-7801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0881 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2011:0741 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700390 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-7805 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0882 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 48250 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-7818 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [jabberd2] 20110531 jabberd-2.2.14 release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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