CVE-2017-5969
N/A
Published: April 11, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLIBXML2
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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