CVE-2011-1754

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

jabberd14 1.6.1.1 and earlier 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.

Affected products

Jabberd14: through 1.6.1.1; 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.3.1, 1.4.4, 1.6.0 (+1)

References

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/j/jabberd14/jabberd14_1.6.1.1-5+squeeze1/changelog
http://secunia.com/advisories/44795
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2249
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48070
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67771
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/j/jabberd14/jabberd14_1.6.1.1-5+squeeze1/changelog
http://secunia.com/advisories/44795
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2249
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48070
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67771

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