CVE-2017-16931

CRITICAL

libxml2 <2.9.5 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html
Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766956
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0147
EPSS Percentile 81.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
xmlsoft/libxml2 < 2.9.4
Published Nov 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026