Vulnerabilities > Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-27 | CVE-2008-3281 | XML Entity Expansion vulnerability in multiple products libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document. | 6.5 |
| 2003-12-31 | CVE-2003-1564 | XML Entity Expansion vulnerability in Xmlsoft Libxml2 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." | 6.5 |