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DLA-2972-1
No affected components available
libxml2 - security update
Measures severity based on intrinsic characteristics of the vulnerability, independent of environment.
No exploitation activity has been observed at this time. Continue routine monitoring.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.
UpstreamEPSS 2.9% - CVE-2017-16932
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
UpstreamEPSS 5.9% - CVE-2017-5130
An integer overflow in xmlmemory.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted XML file.
UpstreamEPSS 2.7% - CVE-2017-5969
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UpstreamEPSS 2.6% - CVE-2022-23308
valid.c in libxml2 before 2.9.13 has a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes.
UpstreamEPSS 6.0% - EUVD-2016-10128Upstream
- EUVD-2017-14239Upstream
- EUVD-2017-15038Upstream
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