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CVE-2008-3790

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 15.20%

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

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CVE
CVE-2008-3790
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
15.20%

Original NVD Description

The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities, aka an "XML entity explosion."