CVE-2017-16932

high

Description

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

References

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

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

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

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

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

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

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-11-23

Updated: 2022-04-08

Type: CWE-835

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH