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title: "CVE-2014-5266\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5266?format=md
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# CVE-2014-5266

Publication date 18 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The Incutio XML-RPC (IXR) Library, as used in WordPress before 3.9.2 and
Drupal 6.x before 6.33 and 7.x before 7.31, does not limit the number of
elements in an XML document, which allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large document, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2014-5265.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| drupal6 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| drupal7 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Vulnerable |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| wordpress | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5266)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5266)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-5266)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5266)

### Other references

* <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29405/branches/3.9>
* <https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004>
* <https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/>
* <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29404>
* <http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/modules/openid/xrds.inc?id=1849830>
* <http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/includes/xmlrpc.inc?id=1849830>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5266>
