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CVE-2019-5427 — c3p0 version < 0

c3p0 version < 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a billion laughs attack when loading XML configuration due to missing protections against recursive entity expansion when loading configuration.

CVSS
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EPSS
4.06% (top 11.60%)
CWE
CWE-776
Published
2019-04-22T20:52:56.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T19:54:53.546Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

c3p0 version < 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a billion laughs attack when loading XML configuration due to missing protections against recursive entity expansion when loading configuration.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / c3p0before 0.9.5.4

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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