{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"CVE-2013-4517","aliases":["MGASA-2014-0558","RHSA-2014:1726","RHSA-2014:1728","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4517","DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4517","GHSA-4p4w-6h54-g885"],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"Apache Santuario XML Security for Java before 1.5.6, when applying Transforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs), related to signatures.","dates":{"published":"2014-01-11T01:00:00.000Z","modified":"2024-08-06T16:45:14.816Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":4.3,"severity":"medium","version":"2.0","versionLabel":"v2.0","source":"NVD","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","computed":false,"selection":"backend-summary"},"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","versionLabel":"v2.0","source":"NVD","score":4.3,"severity":"medium","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false}]},"epss":{"probability":0.08863,"percentile":0.95172,"severity":"low","asOf":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","change":{"pp":0,"baselineDate":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","baselineScore":0.08863},"history":[{"date":"2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":0.95172}],"last30":[{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.08863,"percentile":0.95172}]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-399","name":"Resource Management Errors","description":"Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.","type":"category","status":"Draft","abstraction":null,"likelihoodOfExploit":null,"url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"santuario_xml_security_for_java","name":"santuario xml security for java","label":"santuario_xml_security_for_java","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"≤ 1.5.5","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.2.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.2.1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.3.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.2","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.3","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.5","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.6","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.4.8","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.5.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.5.1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.5.2","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.5.3","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"1.5.4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"≤ 1.5.5 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.3.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/apache/santuario_xml_security_for_java"},{"vendor":"debian","product":"libxml-security-java","name":"libxml-security-java","label":"libxml-security-java","ecosystem":"Debian","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libxml-security-java","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 1.5.6-1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 1.5.6-1","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"libxml-security-java","name":"libxml-security-java","label":"libxml-security-java","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml-security-java","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 1.5.6-1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"< 2.0.10-2","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"< 2.1.7-2","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 1.5.6-1 | < 2.0.10-2 | < 2.1.7-2","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"mageia","product":"xml-security","name":"xml-security","label":"xml-security","ecosystem":"Mageia","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/xml-security","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 1.5.7-1.mga4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 1.5.7-1.mga4","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"org.apache.santuario","product":"xmlsec","name":"org.apache.santuario:xmlsec","label":"xmlsec","ecosystem":"Maven","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.santuario/xmlsec","purlType":"maven","versions":[{"text":"< 1.5.6","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 1.5.6","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"xml-security","name":"xml-security","label":"xml-security","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/xml-security","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:1.5.6-3.ep5.el4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"< 0:1.5.6-3.ep5.el5","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"< 0:1.5.6-3.el6","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:1.5.6-3.ep5.el4 | < 0:1.5.6-3.ep5.el5 | < 0:1.5.6-3.el6","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":6,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1728.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1728.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1726.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1726.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/101169","label":"osvdb.org/101169","hostname":"osvdb.org","tags":["VDB Entry","X Refsource OSVDB"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15","label":"www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15","hostname":"www.tenable.com","tags":["X Refsource CONFIRM","WEB"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89891","label":"exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89891","hostname":"exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com","tags":["VDB Entry","X Refsource XF","WEB"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1727.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1727.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/169","label":"seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/169","hostname":"seclists.org","tags":["Mailing List","X Refsource FULLDISC","WEB"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029524","label":"www.securitytracker.com/id/1029524","hostname":"www.securitytracker.com","tags":["VDB Entry","X Refsource SECTRACK"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/cve-2013-4517.txt.asc","label":"santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/cve-2013-4517.txt.asc","hostname":"santuario.apache.org","tags":["X Refsource CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory","REPORT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124554/Java-XML-Signature-Denial-Of-Service-Attack.html","label":"packetstormsecurity.com/files/124554/Java-XML-Signature-Denial-Of-Service-Attack.html","hostname":"packetstormsecurity.com","tags":["X Refsource CONFIRM","WEB"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64437","label":"www.securityfocus.com/bid/64437","hostname":"www.securityfocus.com","tags":["VDB Entry","X Refsource BID"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1725.html","label":"rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1725.html","hostname":"rhn.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","WEB"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55639","label":"secunia.com/advisories/55639","hostname":"secunia.com","tags":["Third Party Advisory","X Refsource SECUNIA","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E","label":"lists.apache.org/thread.html/…","hostname":"lists.apache.org","tags":["Mailing List","X Refsource MLIST"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E","label":"lists.apache.org/thread.html/…","hostname":"lists.apache.org","tags":["Mailing List","X Refsource MLIST"]},{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0558.html","label":"advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0558.html","hostname":"advisories.mageia.org","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14485","label":"bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14485","hostname":"bugs.mageia.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142709.html","label":"lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142709.html","hostname":"lists.fedoraproject.org","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1726","label":"access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1726","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate","label":"access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["ARTICLE"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045257","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045257","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_1726.json","label":"security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_1726.json","hostname":"security.access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4517","label":"access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4517","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4517","label":"www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4517","hostname":"www.cve.org","tags":["Advisory","REPORT"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4517","label":"nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4517","hostname":"nvd.nist.gov","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1728","label":"access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1728","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_1728.json","label":"security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_1728.json","hostname":"security.access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4517","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4517","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4517","label":"security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4517","hostname":"security-tracker.debian.org","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/santuario-java/commit/a09b9042f7759d094f2d49f40fc7bcf145164b25","label":"github.com/apache/santuario-java/commit/a09b9042f7759d094f2d49f40fc7bcf145164b25","hostname":"github.com","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3@%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E","label":"lists.apache.org/thread.html/…","hostname":"lists.apache.org","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd@%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E","label":"lists.apache.org/thread.html/…","hostname":"lists.apache.org","tags":["WEB"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":[],"downstream":["RHSA-2014:0170","RHSA-2014:0171"],"duplicates":[],"related":[]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2014-01-11T01:00:00.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2024-08-06T16:45:14.816Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":19,"level":"low","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-20T10:43:31.130Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}