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CVE-2020-7595xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 7.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
- 7.8% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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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-7553-jr98-vx47 (opens in a new tab)
References
References17
- FEDORA-2020-41fe1680f6 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-4274-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-0c71c00af4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-7694e8be73 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0005/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/0e1a49c89076 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200909 [SECURITY] [DLA 2369-1] libxml2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-202010-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-08 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-292794.html (opens in a new tab)
- 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-2020-0292 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7553-jr98-vx47 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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