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CVE-2013-7332
The Microsoft.XMLDOM ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attac…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 8 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 | All versions |