CVE-2015-0132
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.013 · 71 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The XML parser in IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3 and 5.x before 5.0.2 and Rational Requirements Composer 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix5 and 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.8
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affected products (35)
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- ibm rational doors next generation= 4.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 4.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 4.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 4.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 4.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 4.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational doors next generation= 5.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 2.0.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 2.0.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 2.0.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 2.0.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 3.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 3.0.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm rational requirements composer= 3.0.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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