CVE-2014-9487

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The getid3 library in MediaWiki before 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15 and 1.19.23 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. NOTE: Related to CVE-2014-2053.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.htmlVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-04Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.htmlVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-04Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 17, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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