DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3660

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CVE-2014-3660
Published: 04 Nov 2014, 16:55
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Nov 2014, 16:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•libxml2

    < 2.9.2+dfsg1-1 | < 2.9.2+dfsg1-1 | < 2.9.2+dfsg1-1 | < 2.9.2+dfsg1-1

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