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CVE-2014-3660: apple mac_os_x

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0418RHSA-2014:1655RHSA-2014:1885
Published 04-11-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3660 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 3.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.78%
0%100%
Low · -0.21 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DLA-151-1DSA-2978-2OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10192-1

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.21 pp

From 3.99% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat6 products
  • enterprise_linuxEOL5.0
  • libxml2< 0:2.7.6-17.el6_6.1 | < 0:2.9.1-5.el7_0.1 | < 0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11
  • libxml2-debuginfo< 0:2.7.6-17.el6_6.1 | < 0:2.9.1-5.el7_0.1 | < 0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11
  • libxml2-devel< 0:2.7.6-17.el6_6.1 | < 0:2.9.1-5.el7_0.1 | < 0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11
  • libxml2-python< 0:2.7.6-17.el6_6.1 | < 0:2.9.1-5.el7_0.1 | < 0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11
Debian2 products
  • libxml2< 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze10 | < 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy2 | < 2.9.2+dfsg1-1
  • debian_linuxEOL7.0
Mageia2 products
  • libxml2< 2.9.0-5.4.mga3
  • libxml2< 2.9.1-2.2.mga4
Apple1 product
Canonical1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libxml2< 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4
Xmlsoft1 product
  • libxml2≤ 2.9.1 | 2.0.0 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.0:beta | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 2.2.6 | 2.2.7 | 2.2.8 | 2.2.9 | 2.2.10 | 2.2.11 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.6 | 2.3.7 | 2.3.8 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.10 | 2.3.11 | 2.3.12 | 2.3.13 | 2.3.14 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.6 | 2.4.7 | 2.4.8 | 2.4.9 | 2.4.10 | 2.4.11 | 2.4.12 | 2.4.13 | 2.4.14 | 2.4.15 | 2.4.16 | 2.4.17 | 2.4.18 | 2.4.19 | 2.4.20 | 2.4.21 | 2.4.22 | 2.4.23 | 2.4.24 | 2.4.25 | 2.4.26 | 2.4.27 | 2.4.28 | 2.4.29 | 2.4.30 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.7 | 2.5.8 | 2.5.10 | 2.5.11 | 2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.9 | 2.6.11 | 2.6.12 | 2.6.13 | 2.6.14 | 2.6.16 | 2.6.17 | 2.6.18 | 2.6.20 | 2.6.21 | 2.6.22 | 2.6.23 | 2.6.24 | 2.6.25 | 2.6.26 | 2.6.27 | 2.6.28 | 2.6.29 | 2.6.30 | 2.6.31 | 2.6.32 | 2.7.0 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.2 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.6 | 2.7.7 | 2.7.8 | 2.8.0 | 2.9.0 | 2.9.0:rc1

7 vendors · 14 products

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