CVE-2018-14567

Severity
6.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateMay 13

Description

libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Debianlibxml2< 2.9.10+dfsg-2+3
NVDxmlsoft/libxml22.9.8

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-4h39-8h6h-93x3: libxml2 22022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2018-14567: libxml2 22018-08-16
CVEList
CVE-2018-14567: libxml2 22018-08-16
OSV
libxml2 vulnerabilities2018-08-14

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities2018-08-14
Red Hat
libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection during LZMA decompression2018-04-03
Debian
CVE-2018-14567: libxml2 - libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial...2018

💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14567 libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection during LZMA decompression2018-08-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14567 libxml2: Infinite loop when --with-lzma is used allows for denial of service via crafted XML file [fedora-all]2018-08-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14567 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: Infinite loop when --with-lzma is used allows for denial of service via crafted XML file [fedora-all]2018-08-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14567 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: Infinite loop when --with-lzma is used allows for denial of service via crafted XML file [epel-7]2018-08-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18258 libxml2: Unrestricted memory usage in xz_head() function in xzlib.c2018-04-12
CVE-2018-14567 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.5) | libxml2 2.9.8 | cvebase.io