Resource exhaustion in Libxml2 - CVE-2017-16932
Published: December 5, 2017 / Updated: December 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9542
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16932
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Libxml2
Libxml2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in parser.c function due to improper handling of certain parameter entities. A remote attacker can supply specially constructed XML data, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists in parser.c function due to improper handling of certain parameter entities. A remote attacker can supply specially constructed XML data, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-16932
Update to version 2.9.5.