Xmlsoft: >> Libxml2 >> 2.6.17 Security Vulnerabilities
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.589
Published
2008-09-12
libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.008
Published
2008-08-27
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