CVE-2014-3660

Fixed in a distro release EPSS 4%

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.

Published 2014-11-04 · CVE record · OSV

Products: xmlsoft libxml2, apple mac_os_x, canonical ubuntu_linux, debian_linux, redhat enterprise_linux

Distro releases