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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-3660

Published: Nov 04, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3660
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Libxml2Xmlsoft*2.9.1 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.1.0 (including)2.1.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.0 (including)2.2.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.0-beta (including)2.2.0-beta (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.4 (including)2.2.4 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.5 (including)2.2.5 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.6 (including)2.2.6 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.7 (including)2.2.7 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.8 (including)2.2.8 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.9 (including)2.2.9 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.10 (including)2.2.10 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.2.11 (including)2.2.11 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.0 (including)2.3.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.4 (including)2.3.4 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.5 (including)2.3.5 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.6 (including)2.3.6 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.7 (including)2.3.7 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.8 (including)2.3.8 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.9 (including)2.3.9 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.10 (including)2.3.10 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.11 (including)2.3.11 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.12 (including)2.3.12 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.13 (including)2.3.13 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.3.14 (including)2.3.14 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.1 (including)2.4.1 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.2 (including)2.4.2 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.3 (including)2.4.3 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.4 (including)2.4.4 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.5 (including)2.4.5 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.6 (including)2.4.6 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.7 (including)2.4.7 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.8 (including)2.4.8 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.9 (including)2.4.9 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.10 (including)2.4.10 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.11 (including)2.4.11 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.12 (including)2.4.12 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.13 (including)2.4.13 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.14 (including)2.4.14 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.15 (including)2.4.15 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.16 (including)2.4.16 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.17 (including)2.4.17 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.18 (including)2.4.18 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.19 (including)2.4.19 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.20 (including)2.4.20 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.21 (including)2.4.21 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.22 (including)2.4.22 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.23 (including)2.4.23 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.24 (including)2.4.24 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.25 (including)2.4.25 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.26 (including)2.4.26 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.27 (including)2.4.27 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.28 (including)2.4.28 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.29 (including)2.4.29 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.4.30 (including)2.4.30 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.5.0 (including)2.5.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.5.7 (including)2.5.7 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.5.8 (including)2.5.8 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.5.10 (including)2.5.10 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.5.11 (including)2.5.11 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.0 (including)2.6.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.4 (including)2.6.4 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.6 (including)2.6.6 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.7 (including)2.6.7 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.8 (including)2.6.8 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.9 (including)2.6.9 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.11 (including)2.6.11 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.12 (including)2.6.12 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.13 (including)2.6.13 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.14 (including)2.6.14 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.16 (including)2.6.16 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.17 (including)2.6.17 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.18 (including)2.6.18 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.20 (including)2.6.20 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.21 (including)2.6.21 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.22 (including)2.6.22 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.23 (including)2.6.23 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.24 (including)2.6.24 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.25 (including)2.6.25 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.26 (including)2.6.26 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.27 (including)2.6.27 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.28 (including)2.6.28 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.29 (including)2.6.29 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.30 (including)2.6.30 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.31 (including)2.6.31 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.6.32 (including)2.6.32 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.0 (including)2.7.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.2 (including)2.7.2 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.3 (including)2.7.3 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.4 (including)2.7.4 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.5 (including)2.7.5 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.6 (including)2.7.6 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.7 (including)2.7.7 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.7.8 (including)2.7.8 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.8.0 (including)2.8.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.9.0 (including)2.9.0 (including)
Libxml2Xmlsoft2.9.0-rc1 (including)2.9.0-rc1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatlibxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibxml2-0:2.7.6-17.el6_6.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatlibxml2-0:2.9.1-5.el7_0.1*
Libxml2Ubuntudevel*
Libxml2Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Libxml2Ubuntulucid*
Libxml2Ubuntuprecise*
Libxml2Ubuntutrusty*
Libxml2Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Libxml2Ubuntuupstream*
Libxml2Ubuntuutopic*

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