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CVE-2017-16931
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-23T21:29:00.390 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:10:10.027

Summary

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.

Affected products

xmlsoft — libxml2

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References

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