CVE-2014-1439

medium

Published 2014-02-05 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The libxml_disable_entity_loader function in runtime/ext/ext_simplexml.cpp in HipHop Virtual Machine for PHP (HHVM) before 2.4.0 and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 does not properly disable a certain libxml handler, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php_project	hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php	`{"endIncluding":"2.3.2"}`
hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php_project	hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php	`2.0.0`
hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php_project	hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php	`2.0.1`
hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php_project	hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php	`2.0.2`
hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php_project	hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php	`2.1.0`
hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php_project	hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php	`2.2.0`
hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php_project	hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php	`2.3.0`
hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php_project	hiphop_virtual_machine_for_php	`2.3.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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