CVE-2008-3281 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libxml2 versions 2.6.32 and earlier, impacting various products including Apple, Debian, and Red Hat. This flaw allows attackers to consume excessive memory and CPU resources by submitting a specially crafted XML document that exploits improper recursion detection during entity expansion in attribute values. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely over the network (AV:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.0.0, < 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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