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CVE-2014-6259

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.59%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-12-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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

CVE
CVE-2014-6259
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.59%

Original NVD Description

Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote 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 ZEN-15414, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.