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medium 4.3

CVE-2013-5372 json

The XML4J parser in IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 before 6.1.0.12, 7.0 before 7.0.0.7, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.4 and IBM Integration Bus 9.…

published 2013-10-19 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-5212

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The XML4J parser in IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 before 6.1.0.12, 7.0 before 7.0.0.7, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.4 and IBM Integration Bus 9.0 before 9.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document that triggers expansion for many entities.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.6.0-ibm network satellite 5.6, network satellite 5.5, network satellite 5.4 1:1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-ibm network satellite 5.6, network satellite 5.5, network satellite 5.4 1:1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5_10
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5_10
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5_10
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1793RHSA-2013:1509RHSA-2013:1508RHSA-2013:1507

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-5372 updated cvss 4.3

JDK: XML4J xml entity expansion excessive memory use (XML)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_10, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_10, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_4, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1509
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5 Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6 Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5 Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.6) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6 Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5 Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1793

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Exploit prediction

2.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.