xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2369-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0292 xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7553-jr98-vx47 libxml as used in Nokogiri has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4274-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-03T15:50:13.875Z

Reserved: 2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-7595

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:33:19.963Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-21T23:15:13.867

Modified: 2025-12-03T16:15:54.123

Link: CVE-2020-7595

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-01-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-7595 - Bugzilla

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