Vulnerability Database

289,599

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-5969

libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.

  • Published: Apr 11, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 8, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-5969
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.6
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
xmlsoft / libxml2 2.9.4 2.9.4.x