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CVE-2017-5969
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-11T16:59:00.343 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:31.863

Summary

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.

Affected products

xmlsoft — libxml2

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References

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