CVE-2015-5312

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.1/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 15, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-5312: High severity, CVSS 7.1 | Vulnix