CVE-2021-4249 (GCVE-0-2021-4249)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-18 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 13:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
xml-conduit DOCTYPE Entity Expansion Parse.hs infinite loop
Summary
A vulnerability was found in xml-conduit. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file xml-conduit/src/Text/XML/Stream/Parse.hs of the component DOCTYPE Entity Expansion Handler. The manipulation leads to infinite loop. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.9.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 4be1021791dcdee8b164d239433a2043dc0939ea. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216204.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-14 17:02 UTC
CWE
- CWE-404 - Denial of Service -> CWE-835 Infinite Loop
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| unspecified | xml-conduit |
Affected:
0.5.0
Affected: 0.5.0.1 Affected: 0.5.1 Affected: 0.5.1.1 Affected: 0.5.1.2 Affected: 0.5.2 Affected: 0.5.3 Affected: 0.5.3.1 Affected: 0.5.4 Affected: 0.6.0 Affected: 0.6.1 Affected: 0.7.0 Affected: 0.7.0.1 Affected: 0.7.0.2 Affected: 0.7.0.3 Affected: 1.0.0 Affected: 1.0.1 Affected: 1.0.1.1 Affected: 1.0.2 Affected: 1.0.2.1 Affected: 1.0.3 Affected: 1.0.3.1 Affected: 1.0.3.2 Affected: 1.0.3.3 Affected: 1.1.0 Affected: 1.1.0.1 Affected: 1.1.0.2 Affected: 1.1.0.3 Affected: 1.1.0.4 Affected: 1.1.0.5 Affected: 1.1.0.6 Affected: 1.1.0.7 Affected: 1.1.0.8 Affected: 1.1.0.9 Affected: 1.2.0 Affected: 1.2.0.1 Affected: 1.2.0.2 Affected: 1.2.0.3 Affected: 1.2.1 Affected: 1.2.1.1 Affected: 1.2.2 Affected: 1.2.3 Affected: 1.2.3.1 Affected: 1.2.3.2 Affected: 1.2.3.3 Affected: 1.2.4 Affected: 1.2.5 Affected: 1.2.5.1 Affected: 1.2.6 Affected: 1.3.0 Affected: 1.3.1 Affected: 1.3.2 Affected: 1.3.3 Affected: 1.3.3.1 Affected: 1.3.4 Affected: 1.3.4.1 Affected: 1.3.4.2 Affected: 1.3.5 Affected: 1.4.0 Affected: 1.4.0.1 Affected: 1.4.0.2 Affected: 1.4.0.3 Affected: 1.4.0.4 Affected: 1.5.0 Affected: 1.5.1 Affected: 1.6.0 Affected: 1.7.0 Affected: 1.7.0.1 Affected: 1.7.1.0 Affected: 1.7.1.1 Affected: 1.7.1.2 Affected: 1.8.0 Affected: 1.8.0.1 Affected: 1.9.0.0 |
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