CVE-2017-5969

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 11 Apr 2017, 16:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 15:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.5% LOW
4% probability +0.79%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Apr 2017, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 15:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.50%• Percentile: 88%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • xmlsoft•libxml2

    2.9.4

References (6)