CVE-2011-2188 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in LuaExpat before version 1.2.0, affecting the matthewwild luaexpat product. This flaw allows remote attackers to exhaust system resources (memory and CPU) by submitting a specially crafted XML document with deeply nested entity references, similar to a classic XML bomb attack. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, but only results in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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