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CVE-2017-16932
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 6.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsnokogiriGHSA-x2fm-93ww-ggvx (opens in a new tab)
References
13
- https://blog.clamav.net/2018/07/clamav-01001-has-been-released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1194-1] libxml2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3739-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-list
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220408 [SECURITY] [DLA 2972-1] libxml2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961 (opens in a new tab)
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5686 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x2fm-93ww-ggvx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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