VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-3281

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-08-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

Primary references