CVE-2018-9251
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-04-04 02:00
Modified
2024-08-05 07:17
Severity ?
Summary
The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
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