Description
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2015-3027 | MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937. |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T05:32:20.575Z
Reserved: 2015-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2015-2942
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Status : Modified
Published: 2015-04-13T14:59:15.367
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2015-2942
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD