CVE-2015-1819
Moderate
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.
Exploit probability
6.3%
Published
August 14, 2015
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
3 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-1819
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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.
Open Source Vulnerabilities
GHSA-q7wx-62r7-j2x7
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-1819.yml
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1374
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1819