CVE-2018-14567CWE-835

CVE-2018-14567

Medium · published August 17, 2018

CVSS v3.0
6.5
EPSS
4%
Percentile
91.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04349 · 91.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Published
2018-08-17T00:29Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
xmlsoft/libxml2all versions—
canonical/ubuntu_linuxall versions—
canonical/ubuntu_linuxall versions—
canonical/ubuntu_linuxall versions—
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (11)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105198 · [email protected]https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74 · [email protected]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html · [email protected]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html · [email protected]https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ · [email protected]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105198 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 AUG 20:00Z
    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…
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