What is CVE-2019-20201?

CVE-2019-20201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ezxml Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2019-20201?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Ezxml Project

CVE-2019-20201

An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The ezxml_parse_* functions mishandle XML entities, leading to an infinite loop in which memory allocations occur.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ezxml_project Ezxml
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20201?: CVE-2019-20201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ezxml Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2019-20201?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.