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cve[email protected]CVE-2017-5969
HistoryApr 11, 2017 - 4:59 p.m.

CVE-2017-5969

2017-04-1116:59:00
CWE-476
web.nvd.nist.gov
120
libxml2
cve-2017-5969
remote code execution
null pointer dereference
nvd

2.6 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

73.2%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
xmlsoftlibxml2Match2.9.4
CPENameOperatorVersion
xmlsoft:libxml2xmlsoft libxml2eq2.9.4

2.6 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

73.2%