CVE-2013-0338
libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and
02 Description
libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-04-25 23:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 14:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 29d5ec4c2b3de36ddeaf330084f70d18cfd1aafa082451cc8932a16a4aac6f93
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com52662http://secunia.com/advisories/52662
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0555http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:1627http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0552http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html
- marc.infoSSRT101996http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2652http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652
- secunia.com55568http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1782-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:056http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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