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CVE-2015-2942

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 2.81%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-04-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-2942
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
2.81%

Original Filing — NVD Description

MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.