CVE-2023-34411

HIGH

xml-rs 0.8.9-0.8.13 - Denial of Service via Invalid XML Token Parsing

Title source: llm

Description

The xml-rs crate before 0.8.14 for Rust and Crab allows a denial of service (panic) via an invalid <! token (such as <!DOCTYPEs/%<!A nesting) in an XML document. The earliest affected version is 0.8.9.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Patch

https://github.com/00xc/xml-rs/commit/0f084d45aa53e4a27476961785f59f2bd7d59a9f

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Patch

https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/commit/c09549a187e62d39d40467f129e64abf32efc35c

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Patch

https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/compare/0.8.13...0.8.14

Exploit

https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/pull/226

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0117

EPSS Percentile 63.3%

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 poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-611

Status published

Products (2)

crates.io/xml-rs 0.8.9 - 0.8.14crates.io

xml_library_project/xml_library < 0.8.14

Published Jun 05, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026