CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-2188

MEDIUMEPSS 75th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

LuaExpat before 1.2.0 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

How to fix

Remediation Available
lua-expatDebian
Fixed in:1.2.0-1CVE-2011-2188
Fixed in:1.2.0-1CVE-2011-2188
Fixed in:1.2.0-1CVE-2011-2188
Fixed in:1.2.0-1CVE-2011-2188

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

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days
75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2009-3103High10.090%--
CVE-2009-0075High9.385%--
CVE-2005-1790Low2.683%--
CVE-2010-0806High8.882%KEV-
CVE-2009-2526High7.882%--
CVE-2015-1868High7.882%-Fix
Embed a live status badge for CVE-2011-2188
CVE-2011-2188 severity badge

Markdown

[![CVE-2011-2188](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2011-2188.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2011-2188)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2011-2188"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2011-2188.svg" alt="CVE-2011-2188"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

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 2026-04-29.