Apache Santuario XML Security for Java before 1.5.6, when applying Transforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs), related to signatures.
CVE-2013-4517
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 4.3 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 8.9% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 4.3MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 4.3MEDIUMlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 40EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 8.9%
- EPSS %ILE
- 95th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
January 11, 2014
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (44)
- secalert@redhathttp://osvdb.org/101169
- secalert@redhathttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124554/Java-XML-Signature-Denial-Of-Service-Attack.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1725.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1726.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1727.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1728.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html
- secalert@redhathttp://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/cve-2013-4517.txt.asc
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/169
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2013-4517(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2015:0850Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.0 update
- RHSA-2015:0851Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.0 update
- RHSA-2015:0675Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1.0 update
- RHSA-2014:0400Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1.0 update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | xmlsec | 2015-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2015-03-11 | redhat |
| redhat | xml-security-0:1.5.6-3.el6 | 2014-10-28 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2014-05-06 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2014-04-14 | redhat |
| redhat | xmltooling-0:1.3.4-5.redhat_3.1.ep6.el5 | 2014-02-13 | redhat |
| redhat | xmltooling-0:1.3.4-5.redhat_3.1.ep6.el6 | 2014-02-13 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml-security-java | — |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml-security-java | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml-security-java | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml-security-java | — |
| — |
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.santuario:xmlsec | 1.4.0 ... 1.5.5 (15 versions) |
| — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0170MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:0170 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0171MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:0171 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0172MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:0172 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0195MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:0195 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0473MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:0473 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0582MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:0582 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:1725MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:1725 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:1726MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:1726 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:1727MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:1727 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:1728MODERATE2013-11-01
RHSA-2014:1728 — Moderate
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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Related CVEs(same product + same vendor)
Same product
7 shownDebian:11:libxml-security-java · Maven:org.apache.santuario:xmlsec
Same vendor
10 shownredhat:RHSA-2014:0170 · redhat:RHSA-2015:0675 · redhat:RHSA-2015:0850
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