CVE-2017-16932

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 23 Nov 2017, 21:00
Last modified:22 Jan 2026, 18:00

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
34/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
21.75% HIGH
22% probability +11.94%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Nov 2017, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Jan 2026, 18:00
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 21.75%• Percentile: 96%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835•Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • xmlsoft•libxml2

    ≤ 2.9.4

References (12)