CVE-2017-5969

MEDIUM

Xmlsoft Libxml2 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

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.

References (6)

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0294
EPSS Percentile 86.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-476
Status published

Affected Products (2)

xmlsoft/libxml2
n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Apr 11, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026