Vulnerability in Soap\ \
CVE-2015-8978
In Soap Lite (aka the SOAP::Lite extension for Perl) 1.14 and earlier, an example attack consists of defining 10 or more XML entities, each defined as consisting of 10 of the previous entity, with the document consisting of a single instance of the largest entity, which expands to one billion copies of the first entity. The amount of computer memory used for handling an external SOAP call would likely exceed that available to the process parsing the XML.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Soap\ \ — versions lite_project
- Soap\:\:lite Project
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94487 (vdb-entry)
- cpansearch.perl.org/src/PHRED/SOAP-Lite-1.20/Changes (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8978?
- CVE-2015-8978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Soap\ \, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-22.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8978?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.