Vulnerability Database

300,445

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-16931

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.

  • Published: Nov 23, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-16931
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
xmlsoft / libxml2 - 2.9.4.x