VDB
CVE-2015-2942
CVE-2015-2942
REJECTED
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.
EPSS 2.81% · 86.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.81%
86.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | mediawiki | 0, 1:1.27.3-1, 1:1.27.4-2 |
Timeline
- Apr 13, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Feb 17, 2024 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2942 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2942 third-party-advisory