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CVE-2018-14567
published 2018-08-16

CVE-2018-14567: 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…

PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
4.30%
89.9th percentile
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.

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlibxml2< libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-2 (bookworm)libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-2 (bookworm)
xmlsoftlibxml2
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.10+dfsg-22.9.10+dfsg-2
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.10+dfsg-22.9.10+dfsg-2
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.10+dfsg-22.9.10+dfsg-2
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.10+dfsg-22.9.10+dfsg-2
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.132.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.62.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.22.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian2.6LOW
vendor_redhat2.6LOW
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