Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.78% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBXML2-1551232
  • published12 Feb 2016
  • disclosed12 Feb 2016

Introduced: 12 Feb 2016

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libxml2 to version 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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