The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-05-17T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.486Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3705

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-17T14:08:04.593

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:18:29.470

Link: CVE-2016-3705

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3705 - Bugzilla