Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libxml2  (opens in a new tab)


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EPSS
2.31% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBXML2-10077531
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed12 Feb 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2073  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The htmlParseNameComplex function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted XML document.