CVE-2020-7595

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 20
Modified
Published: 21 Jan 2020, 22:54
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 15:50

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.48% LOW
0% probability +0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Jan 2020, 22:54
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 15:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.

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
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.48%• Percentile: 65%

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

    12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    30 | 31 | 32

  • netapp•clustered_data_ontap

    na

  • netapp•h300e

    na

  • netapp•h300s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h410c_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h410s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h500e

    na

  • netapp•h500s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h700e

    na

  • netapp•h700s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•smi-s_provider

    na

  • netapp•snapdrive

    na

  • netapp•steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage

    na

  • netapp•symantec_netbackup

    na

  • oracle•communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment

    1.10.0

  • oracle•enterprise_manager_base_platform

    13.4.0.0 | 13.5.0.0

  • oracle•enterprise_manager_ops_center

    12.4.0.0

  • oracle•mysql_workbench

    ≤ 8.0.26

  • oracle•peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools

    8.58

  • oracle•real_user_experience_insight

    13.3.1.0 | 13.4.1.0 | 13.5.1.0

  • siemens•sinema_remote_connect_server

    < 3.0

  • xmlsoft•libxml2

    2.9.10

References (15)