Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
References (12)
Core 12
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.2199
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (2)
rubygems/nokogiri
0 - 1.8.1RubyGems
xmlsoft/libxml2
< 2.9.4
Published
Nov 23, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026