Description
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.
Published: 2017-11-23
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 4.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1194-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8101 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:43:57.797Z

Reserved: 2017-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16931

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-23T21:29:00.390

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:10:10.027

Link: CVE-2017-16931

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-06-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16931 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-776

    Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')