CVE-2017-5969

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5969
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5969.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5969
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-04-11T16:59:00.343Z
Modified
2026-07-09T01:43:11.339379Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gnome/libxml2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gnome/libxml2
Events
Introduced
bdec2183f34b37ee89ae1d330c6ad2bb4d76605f
Last affected
bdec2183f34b37ee89ae1d330c6ad2bb4d76605f
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.4"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.4"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.4
v2.*
v2.9.4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5969.json"

Git / gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2
Events
Introduced
bdec2183f34b37ee89ae1d330c6ad2bb4d76605f
Last affected
bdec2183f34b37ee89ae1d330c6ad2bb4d76605f
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.4"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.4"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.4
v2.*
v2.9.4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5969.json"