CVE-2013-4517
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 8.9%EU EUVD
Apache Santuario XML Security for Java before 1.5.6, when applying Transforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs), related to signatures.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 8.9% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-2411)
- Published
- January 11, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2411 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
References
- http://osvdb.org/101169
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124554/Java-XML-Signature-Denial-Of-Service-Attack.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1725.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1726.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1727.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1728.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/cve-2013-4517.txt.asc(Vendor Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/169
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55639(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64437
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029524
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89891
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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