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CVE-2014-6259

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD

Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 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, aka ZEN-15414, 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
1.6% (76th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2014-6145)
Published
December 15, 2014
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-6145 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core
  • zenoss / zenoss core

References

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

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