Unspecified vulnerability the edit comment formatting functionality in MediaWiki 1.5.x before 1.5.6 and 1.4.x before 1.4.14 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via "certain malformed links."
Published Jan 19, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.57%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability the edit comment formatting functionality in MediaWiki 1.5.x before 1.5.6 and 1.4.x before 1.4.14 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via "certain malformed links."
Affected products
No data.
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
- 1.4_beta1
- 1.4_beta2
- 1.4_beta3
- 1.4_beta4
- 1.4_beta5
- 1.4_beta6
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5_alpha1
- 1.5_alpha2
- 1.5_beta1
- 1.5_beta2
- 1.5_beta3
- 1.5_beta4
- 1.5_rc2
- 1.5_rc3
- 1.5_rc4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.57% (0.01565) | 74.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.53% (0.01529) | 71.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.74% (0.00740) | 71.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 75.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 74.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 71.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18711 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18717 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=386609 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0392 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24478 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18711 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18717 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=386609 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0392 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24478 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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