CVE-2018-14567

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 16 Aug 2018, 20:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 09:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.68% LOW
1% probability +0.10%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Aug 2018, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 09:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.68%• Percentile: 72%

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

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • xmlsoft•libxml2

    2.9.8

References (5)