critical9.8
CVE-2017-16931
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a …
Impact
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | through 2.9.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766956
- https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/e26630548e7d138d2c560844c43820b6767251e3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html