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.
Published: 2015-08-14
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-266-1 libxml2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3430-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0420 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q7wx-62r7-j2x7 Nokogiri vulnerable to libxml XML Entity Expansion
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2812-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
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Opensuse Opensuse
Oracle Linux Solaris
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Xmlsoft Libxml
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.300Z

Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1819

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-14T18:59:03.987

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

Link: CVE-2015-1819

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-04-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1819 - Bugzilla

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