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CVE-2018-1000840

N/A
Published: December 20, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:33 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorProcessing

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Processing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in loadXML() function that can result in An attacker can read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must use Processing to parse a crafted XML document.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5706
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://twitter.com/ben_fry/status/1054333613465059329

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611

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