CVE-2011-2188
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
LuaExpat before 1.2.0 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2179)
- Published
- June 21, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2179 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- matthewwild / luaexpat
- matthewwild / luaexpat
- matthewwild / luaexpat
- matthewwild / luaexpat
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629225
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44866(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48123
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711027
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67862
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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