CVE-2003-1564
libxml2 XML Entity Expansion DoS
Description
libxml2, possibly before 2.5.0, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka the "billion laughs attack."
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 31, 2003, 5 a.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 2, 2024, 2:10 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2003-1564 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2003-1564.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html | Mailing List Patch |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31868 | Broken Link |
| http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/65843/time_to_upgrade_libxml2 | Issue Tracking |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html | Broken Link |
| http://www.stylusstudio.com/xmldev/200302/post20020.html | Broken Link |
| http://xmlsoft.org/news.html | Release Notes |
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CVE-2003-1564 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html No Types Assigned http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html Mailing List, Patch Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31868 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31868 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/65843/time_to_upgrade_libxml2 No Types Assigned http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/65843/time_to_upgrade_libxml2 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.stylusstudio.com/xmldev/200302/post20020.html No Types Assigned http://www.stylusstudio.com/xmldev/200302/post20020.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://xmlsoft.org/news.html No Types Assigned http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Release Notes Removed CWE NIST CWE-189 Added CWE NIST CWE-776 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.5.0 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 02, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2003-1564 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2003-1564
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.37 }} -0.01%
score
0.69757
percentile