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CVE-2015-5312

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
15/12/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
7.10
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.2.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.11.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.9.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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