CVE-2015-2942 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MediaWiki versions before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 when using HHVM. Attackers can exploit this by submitting SVG files or PDF files with XMP metadata containing a large number of nested entity references, leading to excessive CPU and memory consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity, with a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, resulting in a complete 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.19.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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