CVE-2003-1564

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."

Scoring

CVSS base score
0.03
EPSS probability
0.65%
Published
2008-09-02
Last modified
2026-03-16

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