CVE-2015-2937

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2937
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-13 14:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM or Zend PHP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("quadratic blowup" and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2942.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.5 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.6 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.7 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.8 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.10 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.11 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.5 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.6 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.7 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.8 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.9 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.10 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.11 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.12 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.13 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.14 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.15 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.5 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.6 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.7 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.8 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.9 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.5 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.6 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.7 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.23.8 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-05) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
⚓ T71210 MediaWiki is vulnerable to XML quadratic blowup attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 phabricator.wikimedia.org
oss-security - CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:200 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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