Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 21, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2188
CVE-2011-2188
Description
LuaExpat before 1.2.0 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, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.1.0
- cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
7- secunia.com/advisories/44866nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/19nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/4nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/48123nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67862nvd
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