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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9048
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9048
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. The function xmlSnprintfElementContent in valid.c is supposed to recursively dump the element content definition into a char buffer 'buf' of size 'size'. At the end of the routine, the function may strcat two more characters without checking whether the current strlen(buf) + 2 < size. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libxml2 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | libxml2 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | libxml2 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | libxml2 | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- May 18, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated