CVE-2009-3627

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductDerrick Oswald Html-parser
PublishedOct 29, 2009
First seenOct 29, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
derrick_oswald html-parserv ≤ 3.54, 1.00, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.41, 1.42—

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