CVE-2021-4249CWE-404

xml-conduit DOCTYPE Entity Expansion Parse.hs infinite loop

Medium · published December 18, 2022

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability was found in xml-conduit. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file xml-conduit/src/Text/XML/Stream/Parse.hs of the component DOCTYPE Entity Expansion Handler. The manipulation leads to infinite loop. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.9.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 4be1021791dcdee8b164d239433a2043dc0939ea. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216204.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00843 · 57.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Published
2022-12-18T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 DEC 00:00Z
    xml-conduit DOCTYPE Entity Expansion Parse.hs infinite loop
    cvelistv5