CVE-2014-3660
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-3660 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-11-04 16:55:06 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 10.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.0 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.3.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.24 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.25 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.26 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.27 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.28 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.29 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.30 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.4.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.5.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.5.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.24 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.25 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.26 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.27 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.28 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.29 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.30 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.31 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.32 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.6.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.7.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | 2.9.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Advisory SA61966 - Debian update for libxml2 - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3057-1 libxml2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Kwetsbaarheid ontdekt in libxml2 | NCSC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ncsc.nl | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:244 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Bug 1149084 – CVE-2014-3660 libxml2: denial of service via recursive entity expansion | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | |
| About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 - Apple Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Attachment #944444 for bug #1149084 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | |
| Security Advisory SA61965 - Ubuntu update for libxml2 - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Security Advisory SA59903 - Red Hat update for libxml2 - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| USN-2389-1: libxml2 vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Vendor Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2014:1330-1: moderate: update to fix CVE-2014-3660 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| About the security content of iOS 8.4.1 - Apple Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | Vendor Advisory |
| APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-3 iOS 8.4.1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Libxml2 Entities Expansion CVE-2014-3660 Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Security Advisory SA61991 - SUSE update for libxml2 - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.juniper.net | |
| openSUSE-SU-2015:2372-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| oss-security - libxml2 issue: billioun laughs variant (CVE-2014-3660) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.