Medium severity · published Apr 11, 2017
CVE-2017-5969
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
4.7
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
2.9.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5969
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5969
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
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