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CVE-2015-5312
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-12-15T21:59:00.113 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:28:54.523

Summary

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.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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