CVE-2016-5851 (GCVE-0-2016-5851)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-21 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:15
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Summary
python-docx before 0.8.6 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.
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