Riskcovery

CVE-2021-40439

Billion Laughs

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 7, 2021
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Sep 2, 2021

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Description

Apache OpenOffice has a dependency on expat software. Versions prior to 2.1.0 were subject to CVE-2013-0340 a "Billion Laughs" entity expansion denial of service attack and exploit via crafted XML files. ODF files consist of a set of XML files. All versions of Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.10 are subject to this issue. expat in version 4.1.11 is patched.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache OpenOfficeApache Software Foundation
  • Apache OpenOffice through 4.1.10Affected
  • OpenOffice.org through 3.4Affected

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