VDB
CVE-2011-2188
CVE-2011-2188
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
LuaExpat before 1.2.0 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
EPSS 1.74% · 77.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5
EPSS Score
1.74%
77.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | * |
| matthewwild | luaexpat | 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 0 |
Timeline
- Jun 21, 2011 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 23, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711027 url
- luaexpat-xml-dos(67862) vdb
- 48123 vdb
- [oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE Request -- LuaExpat -- Prone to XML "billion laughs attack" mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629225 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2188 advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44866 advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/4 technical