CVE-2015-5312

The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent…

published December 15, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
91.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04500 · 91.5th percentile
Published
2015-12-15T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 DEC 21:00Z
    The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent…
    cvelistv5