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CVE-2015-2942

CVE-2015-2942

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MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.

EPSS 2.8% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • n/a

    Versions
    • n/a: Affected

    No fix published

  • mediawiki Debian:12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3

    Update to 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3

  • mediawiki Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3

    Update to 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3

  • mediawiki Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3

    Update to 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3

Original sources

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