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CVE-2015-3192 json

Pivotal Spring Framework DoS Attack with XML Input

published 2016-07-12 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-6v7w-535j-rq5m , EUVD-2018-0524

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.14 and 4.x before 4.1.7 do not properly process inline DTD declarations when DTD is not entirely disabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and out-of-memory errors) via a crafted XML file.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-web 3.2.14, 4.1.7, 5.0.0.RC3
  • libspring-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.1.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3192

  • libspring-java Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • libspring-java Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.2.13-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3192

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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-2015-3192 updated cvss 5.3

Framework: denial-of-service attack with XML input

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 springframework springframework
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 springframework springframework
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 springframework springframework
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 springframework
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 rhevm-dependencies, jasperreports-server-pro
    under investigation
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2036
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1218
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1593
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Exploit prediction

2.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-web
<3.2.14
>=4.0.0, <4.1.7
>=5.0.0.RC2, <5.0.0.RC3
3.2.14
4.1.7
5.0.0.RC3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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