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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-40439

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 3.87%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.87% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-611
Affected
apache/openoffice
Source
security@apache.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.