CVE-2017-16932
High
CVE-2017-16932
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
Exploit probability
5.9%
Published
November 23, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
161 explicit affected versions
100 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-16932
View original source
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
Open Source Vulnerabilities
GHSA-x2fm-93ww-ggvx
View original source
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://blog.clamav.net/2018/07/clamav-01001-has-been-released.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579
- https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2017-16932.yml
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1714
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16932
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1