Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-1819

Title: Xmlsoft Libxml Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-1819.

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Aug 14, 2015
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.34%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-1819: The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Impacted Vendors

X
xmlsoft 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172710.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1419.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75570 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1 http://xmlsoft.org/news.html https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-08 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 https://support.apple.com/HT206166 https://support.apple.com/HT206167 https://support.apple.com/HT206168 https://support.apple.com/HT206169 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172710.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1419.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75570 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1 http://xmlsoft.org/news.html https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-08 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 https://support.apple.com/HT206166 https://support.apple.com/HT206167 https://support.apple.com/HT206168 https://support.apple.com/HT206169
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-1819 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.