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CVE-2017-5969 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
xmlsoft libxml2
2.9.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-5969
NVD Published Date:
Apr 11, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-5969 Details - Not Deferred