Description
LuaExpat before 1.2.0 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.
Published: 2011-06-21
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2179 LuaExpat before 1.2.0 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.
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Matthewwild Luaexpat
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:53:17.507Z

Reserved: 2011-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2188

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-06-21T02:52:43.670

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-2188

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