CVE-2009-3627
N/A
Published: October 29, 2009 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHtml Parser
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4cThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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