CVE-2018-14567 (GCVE-0-2018-14567)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-16 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 09:29
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
URL Tags
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/224… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2018-07-30 00:00
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