Is CVE-2008-3281 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-3281 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-3281?

CVE-2008-3281 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-3281?

CVE-2008-3281 has an EPSS score of 2.51% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3281?

Upgrade libxml2 on debian 11 to 2.6.32.dfsg-3 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-3281

MEDIUMEPSS 83th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.

CWE-776

How to fix

Remediation Available

libxml2Debian

Fixed in:2.6.32.dfsg-3CVE-2008-3281

SafariWindows application

Affected:4.0Fixed in:4.0Apple Inc.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.51%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.