CVE-2013-3860

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

09/10/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5 SP1, 3.5.1, 4, and 4.5 does not properly parse a DTD during XML digital-signature validation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via a crafted signed XML document, aka "Entity Expansion Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.80

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:2.0:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:2.0:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5:::::::*

CVE-2013-3860

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools