CVE-2011-1753

expat_erl.c in ejabberd before 2.1.7 and 3.x before 3.0.0-alpha-3, and exmpp before 0.9.7, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which…

published June 21, 2011

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

expat_erl.c in ejabberd before 2.1.7 and 3.x before 3.0.0-alpha-3, and exmpp before 0.9.7, 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02125 · 81.7th percentile
Published
2011-06-21T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JUN 01:00Z
    expat_erl.c in ejabberd before 2.1.7 and 3.x before 3.0.0-alpha-3, and exmpp before 0.9.7, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which…
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