NVD

Id
24893  
Name
CVE-2015-2942  
Description
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.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
7.1  
Severity
High  
CVSS Base Score
7.1  
CVSS Impact Subscore
6.9  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
8.6  
CVSS Vector
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2015-04-13  
Modified Date
2016-12-07  
Seq
2015-2942  

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Related NVD References

Id NVD Id NVD No. Reference Actions
131338 24893 CVE-2015-2942 [oss-security] 20150331 CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24  View
131339 24893 CVE-2015-2942 [oss-security] 20150407 Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24  View
131340 24893 CVE-2015-2942 73477  View
131341 24893 CVE-2015-2942 [MediaWiki-announce] 20150331 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2  View
131342 24893 CVE-2015-2942 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85848  View
131343 24893 CVE-2015-2942 GLSA-201510-05  View

Related JVN

Id Name Title Summary Cveinfo Name Cveinfo Id Nvdinfo Name Nvdinfo Id Cvssv2 Cvssv3 Jvnurl Published Date Last Updated Date Actions
6906 JVNDB-2015-002226 MediaWiki におけるサービス運用妨害 (DoS) の脆弱性 MediaWiki は、HHVM を使用する場合、サービス運用妨害 (CPU 資源およびメモリの消費) となる脆弱性が存在します。 CVE-2015-2942 80167 CVE-2015-2942 24893 7.1 http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2015/JVNDB-2015-002226.html 2015-03-31 2015-04-15 View