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CVE-2017-16932

high

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/

https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2fm-93ww-ggvx

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-5686

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579

https://blog.clamav.net/2018/07/clamav-01001-has-been-released.html

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-23

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05928