GSD-2016-5851

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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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CVE-2016-5851
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