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Vulnerability details: VCID-7x6g-x68k-tuc4
Vulnerability ID VCID-7x6g-x68k-tuc4
Aliases CVE-2008-3281
Summary libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3281
epss 0.00802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3281
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-3281.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3281
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3281
458086 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086
GLSA-200812-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-06
RHSA-2008:0836 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0836
USN-640-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/640-1/
USN-644-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74439
EPSS Score 0.00802
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:41:35.628988+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0