The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML…

Description

The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• RubyGemsnokogiriGHSA-q7wx-62r7-j2x7 (opens in a new tab)

References (24)

• RHSA-2015:2550 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2016:0106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT206168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3430 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-037f844d3e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://xmlsoft.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201507-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 75570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-c24af963a2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 1034243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• USN-2812-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1419 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-201701-37 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:2372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT206169 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 Advisory GHSA-q7wx-62r7-j2x7 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 04:54 UTC.