CVE-2003-1564
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.5)—
libxml2, possibly before 2.5.0, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka the "billion laughs attack."
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.62%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 75
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-776
Referencias
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31868
- http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/65843/time_to_upgrade_libxml2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html
- http://www.stylusstudio.com/xmldev/200302/post20020.html
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31868
- http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/65843/time_to_upgrade_libxml2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html
- http://www.stylusstudio.com/xmldev/200302/post20020.html
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
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