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CVE-2009-3627 Details

Description

The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941	CVE
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225	CVE	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807	CVE	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941	[email protected]
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
derrick oswald html-parser	<= 3.54 1.00 1.1 1.2 1.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.41:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.42:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

derrick oswald html-parser

<= 3.54

1.00

1.1

1.2

1.3

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]