gsd-2016-3705
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
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Aliases
CVE-2016-3705


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