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01 Record

CVE-2019-5427

c3p0 version < 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a billion laughs attack when loading XML configuration due to missing protections against recursive entity expansion when loading configuration.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: hackerone
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

c3p0 version < 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a billion laughs attack when loading XML configuration due to missing protections against recursive entity expansion when loading configuration.

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
4.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 91.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Analyzed. 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
2019-04-22 20:52Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 19:54Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-01-04
Assigning CNA
hackerone
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-776Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
37be611a2c7c25ed91194718ad44cf0b2c81c0f158d81b63e7071553df0515b4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/ac3p0before 0.9.5.4—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-10.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-10.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.20.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • c3p0
    Fixed in 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

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.