CVE-2013-2160
mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.323 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The streaming XML parser in Apache CXF 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted XML with a large number of (1) elements, (2) attributes, (3) nested constructs, and possibly other vectors.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-26710Apache CXF < 2.5.10/2.6.7/2.7.4 - Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (25)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-254q-rp36-v2m8Missing XML Validation in Apache CXF2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
The streaming XML parser in Apache CXF 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted XML with a large number of (1) elements, (2) attributes, (3) nested constructs, and possibly other vectors.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (37)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-285cnnvd
- http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-287cnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10958165cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197cnnvd
- https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2013-2160.txt.asccnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
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