CVE-2015-5312
N/A
Published: December 15, 2015 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
References (25)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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