CVE-2015-8978 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Soap Lite (SOAP::Lite extension for Perl) versions 1.14 and earlier. This vulnerability, categorized as CWE-399, allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML document using recursive entity definitions, leading to excessive memory consumption and potential application crashes. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:soap\:\:lite_project:soap\:\:lite:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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