CVE-2014-9487

The getid3 library in MediaWiki before 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15 and 1.19.23 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. NOTE: Related to CVE-2014-2053.

• CWE-611

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-04Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-04Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 17, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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