{"id":"CVE-2015-2942","details":"MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a \"billion laughs attack,\" a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:14:58.492852Z","published":"2015-04-13T14:59:15Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:14:58.492852Z","references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85848"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}