CVE-2013-7332 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted XML documents exploiting recursion in the Microsoft.XMLDOM ActiveX control.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-7332?
CVE-2013-7332 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 8, published on 26 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Microsoft.XMLDOM ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and earlier 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 XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7332?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8.1.
How do I fix CVE-2013-7332?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-7332 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-7332 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7332 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 8
Sources
Also known as GHSA-573j-gc9j-4fph.