The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2015-12-15T21:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:09.539Z
Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-5312
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-12-15T21:59:00.113
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-5312
 Redhat
                        Redhat