XML Entity Expansion in Pippo
XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs Attack) on Pippo 1.12.0 results in Denial of Service.Entities are created recursively and large amounts of heap memory is taken. Eventually, the JVM process will run out of memory. Otherwise, if the OS does not bound the memory on that process, memory will continue to be exhausted and will affect other processes on the system.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | ro.pippo:pippo-jaxb | <= 1.12.0 | no fix |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-776- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
ro.pippo:pippo-jaxb- Disclosed
- 13.06.2019
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 11:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hwcx-9p4j-7hwj - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: ro.pippo:pippo-jaxb
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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.
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