CVE-2013-2160

The streaming XML parser in Apache CXF 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted XML with a large number of (1) elements, (2) attributes, (3) nested constructs, and possibly other vectors.

• CWE-399

• http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-285Patch
• http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-287Patch
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197
• https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2013-2160.txt.ascVendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-285Patch
• http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-287Patch
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197
• https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2013-2160.txt.ascVendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

Published

Aug 19, 2013

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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