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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2017-16931

Deferred

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-23 Nov, 2017 | 21:29

Updated At-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

libxml2 (XMLSoft)

>>libxml2>>Versions up to 2.9.4(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-119	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html	cve@mitre.org	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766956	cve@mitre.org	Permissions Required
https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/e26630548e7d138d2c560844c43820b6767251e3	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766956	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Permissions Required
https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/e26630548e7d138d2c560844c43820b6767251e3	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A

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