CVE-2017-5969
MEDIUMlibxml2 2.9.4 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in Recover Mode
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0263
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
xmlsoft/libxml2
2.9.4
Published
Apr 11, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026