CVE-2013-0338: canonical ubuntu_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-0338 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-04-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 many references to this entity, aka "internal entity expansion" with linear complexity.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.