SOAPpy: XML entity expansion (billion laughs) flaw
Published May 12, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.68%
Description
SOAPpy 0.12.5 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 SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.12.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
SOAPpy
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
SOAPpy
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | SOAPpy | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | SOAPpy | Will not fix | n/a |
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 3, 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 3, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02680) | 85.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02658) | 83.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.76% (0.00755) | 71.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.84% (0.02836) | 91.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 2.84% (0.02836) | 89.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.02% (0.02020) | 87.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/20 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.pnigos.com/?p=260 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67216 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3243 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094620 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26 Advisory
- https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/blob/develop/CHANGES.txt#L32-L37
- https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/64125a24aad228761f38312d44bde4bec7354276
- https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/a38656817c8ce7d02e117b1308328419a5d1560f
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3243
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150501220613/http://www.pnigos.com/?p=260
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200229062311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67216
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3243
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