CVE-2021-40439

Billion Laughs

Published Oct 7, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 3.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apache OpenOffice has a dependency on expat software. Versions prior to 2.1.0 were subject to CVE-2013-0340 a "Billion Laughs" entity expansion denial of service attack and exploit via crafted XML files. ODF files consist of a set of XML files. All versions of Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.10 are subject to this issue. expat in version 4.1.11 is patched.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-27616 Apache OpenOffice has a dependency on expat software. Versions prior to 2.1.0 were subject to CVE-2013-0340 a "Billion Laughs" entity expansion denial of service attack and exploit via crafted XML files. ODF files consist of a set of XML files. All versions of Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.10 are subject to this issue. expat in version 4.1.11 is patched.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 2:44 AM
Reserved
Sep 2, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 7, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:06 AM