CVE-2014-8875

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Published Dec 19, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

The XML_RPC_cd function in lib/pear/XML/RPC.php in Revive Adserver before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted XML-RPC request, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:revive-adserver:revive_adserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8705	The XML_RPC_cd function in lib/pear/XML/RPC.php in Revive Adserver before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted XML-RPC request, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.6% (2.564% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129621/Revive-Adserver-3.0.5-Cross-Site-Scripting-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2014-002/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534264/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71721

History

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Subscriptions

Revive-adserver Revive Adserver

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:33 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 19, 2014, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:33 PM
Reserved: Nov 14, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 19, 2014, 3:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

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