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CVE-2014-3660

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 3.99%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-11-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2014-3660
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
3.99%

Original NVD Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.