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CVE-2008-3281

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 2.51%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-08-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-3281
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
2.51%

Original NVD 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.