Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.
Published: 2014-11-04
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 3.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-80-1 libxml2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-151-1 libxml2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3057-1 libxml2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2978-2 libxml2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3057-2 libxml2 regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3613 parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2389-1 libxml2 vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Xmlsoft Libxml2
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:17.928Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3660

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-04T16:55:06.043

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3660

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3660 - Bugzilla

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