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."
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-09-02T14:00:00

Updated: 2008-09-17T09:00:00

Reserved: 2008-09-02T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2003-1564

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-02-02T14:10:59.090


Link: CVE-2003-1564

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