CVE-2015-0132

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The XML parser in IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3 and 5.x before 5.0.2 and Rational Requirements Composer 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix5 and 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Affected products

IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+4)
IBM Rational Requirements Composer: 2.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2, 2.0.0.3, 2.0.0.4, 3.0 (+18)

References

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