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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2652-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-0350 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1782-1 libxml2 vulnerability
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00349}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:25:09.526Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-0338

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-04-25T23:55:01.500

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-0338

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-0338 - Bugzilla

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