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CVE-2017-5969
libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted…
Medium4.7EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 58 days later
· 58 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170213 CVE-2017-5969: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161105 CVE request: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201711-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 96188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220408 [SECURITY] [DLA 2972-1] libxml2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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