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CVE-2008-3281
libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
42
- USN-644-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31855 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7395 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 32807 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 31982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2971 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31590 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20081031 VMSA-2008-0017 Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-640-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 31728 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 32488 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31566 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6496 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 32974 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1631 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [xml] 20080820 Security fix for libxml2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9812 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 31558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Security-announce] 20081030 VMSA-2008-0017 Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31748 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3269 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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