Is CVE-2015-1819 being actively exploited?

CVE-2015-1819 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-1819?

CVE-2015-1819 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2015-1819

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD

The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

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: 6.3% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2018-0420)
Published: August 14, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-0420 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / iphone os
apple / mac os x
apple / tvos
apple / watchos
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
oracle / linux
oracle / solaris
redhat / enterprise linux
xmlsoft / libxml

Certified products that may be affected

38 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Oracle Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4586 - historical
Oracle Linux 7 Libreswan Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4266 - historical
Oracle Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4206 - historical
Oracle Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4176 - historical
Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK 6) Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4169 - historical

See all 38 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172710.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1419.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75570(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-08(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT206166(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT206167(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT206168(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT206169(Third Party Advisory)

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

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