CVE-2015-8549

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PyAMF before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or read arbitrary files via a crafted Action Message Format (AMF) payload.

Affected products

Pyamf: before 0.8.0 — fixed in 0.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pyamf 0.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-011.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537151/100/0/threaded
https://github.com/hydralabs/pyamf/pull/58
https://github.com/hydralabs/pyamf/releases/tag/v0.8.0
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-011.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537151/100/0/threaded
https://github.com/hydralabs/pyamf/pull/58
https://github.com/hydralabs/pyamf/releases/tag/v0.8.0

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