GSD-2017-16931

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.
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CVE-2017-16931
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