XML Parsing Depth Vulnerability in PHP 5.3.27 and earlier

XML Parsing Depth Vulnerability in PHP 5.3.27 and earlier

CVE-2013-4113 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.3.27 does not properly consider parsing depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document that is processed by the xml_parse_into_struct function.

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