CVE-2017-5969

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.7

Exploit probability—

ProductXmlsoft Libxml2

PublishedApr 11, 2017

First seenApr 11, 2017

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
xmlsoft libxml2	2.9.4	—

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