CVE-2015-5312

high HPE
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Score
1.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 23% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
C
Published: December 15, 2015 (3803 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: HPE
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

canonical ubuntu linuxredhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux hpc noderedhat enterprise linux serverredhat enterprise linux workstationapple iphone osapple mac os xapple tvosapple watchosxmlsoft libxml2

References

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