CVE-2017-16932
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 07:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLIBXML2LIBXML2
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xmlsoft.org/news.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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