libxml2, possibly before 2.5.0, does not properly detect...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Apr 29, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 2, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Dec 31, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 29, 2022
Last updated
Feb 2, 2024
libxml2, possibly before 2.5.0, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka the "billion laughs attack."
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