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CVE-2013-0338

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD

libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, aka "internal entity expansion" with linear complexity.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.3 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-119
EPSS score
2.9% (87th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2013-0350)
Published
April 25, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0350 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • opensuse / opensuse
  • opensuse / opensuse
  • opensuse / opensuse
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
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  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
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  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2
  • xmlsoft / libxml2

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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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