VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-0338
CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-04-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer