The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-12-15T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:09.539Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5312

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-15T21:59:00.113

Modified: 2019-03-08T16:06:36.980

Link: CVE-2015-5312

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5312 - Bugzilla