CVE-2013-1864 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Portable Tool Library (PTLib) versions prior to 2.10.10, specifically as used in Ekiga before 4.0.1. This flaw, a "billion laughs attack," allows remote attackers to consume excessive memory and CPU resources by sending a specially crafted PXML document with deeply nested entity references. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to a potential denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opalvoip:portable_tool_library:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opalvoip:portable_tool_library:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opalvoip:portable_tool_library:2.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opalvoip:portable_tool_library:2.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ekiga:ekiga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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