CVE-2015-5312

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5312
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-5312.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-5312
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Published
2015-12-15T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
Summary
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Details

The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660.

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Affected packages