CVE-2015-1819
The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
02 Description
The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
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
- 6.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% 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 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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
- 2015-08-14 18:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-02-17
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 112972fea6491b3024ed723384b465e9df9ac7e73bff3ba164169f04d5066b90
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2550http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0106http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206167
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206168
- www.debian.orgDSA-3430http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-037f844d3ehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- xmlsoft.orghttp://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201507-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-08
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- www.securityfocus.com75570http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75570
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-c24af963a2http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172710.html
- www.securitytracker.com1034243http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2812-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1419http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1419.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-37https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2372http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
- git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206169
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206166
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.