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CVE-2017-16932 (GCVE-0-2017-16932)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-23 21:00 – Updated: 2026-10-14 06:30

Summary

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-12-04 13:30 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2325 records in the last 180 days details

References

13 references

URL	Tags
https://blog.clamav.net/2018/07/clamav-01001-has-…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017…	mailing-list
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/899a5d9f0…
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860…	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294b…	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022…	mailing-list
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/8…
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294b…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/…

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.0 , < V3.1.5 (custom)	guessed
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.0 , < V3.1.5 (custom)	guessed
Siemens	SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.0 , < V3.1.5 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2017-11-23 00:00

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SUSE-SU-2022:1833-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2022-05-24 13:14 - Updated: 2026-09-20 14:26

Summary

Security update for libxml2

Severity

Important

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2017-16932.

CVE-2017-16932

7.5 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 173 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16932 (CVE-2017-16932)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-11-23 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website

Details

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16932	REPORT
	http://xmlsoft.org/news.html	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3504-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3504-2	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3739-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16932	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2023-1158

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2017-11-23 23:00 - Updated: 2025-06-30 22:00

Summary

libxml2: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

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Mittel

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2017-16932.

CVE-2017-16932

Known affected: 10 products

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WID-SEC-W-2023-1614

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-06-29 22:00 - Updated: 2023-10-25 22:00

Summary

Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor: Mehrere Schwachstellen

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Hoch

Scope

173 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2017-16932.

CVE-2017-16932

In Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor existieren mehrere Schwachstellen. Die Fehler bestehen unter anderem in Komponenten von Drittanbietern wie c-ares, curl, libbzip2, libpcre, libxml2, sqlite und OpenSSL. Ein Angreifer kann diese Schwachstellen ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen und Daten zu manipulieren. Die erfolgreiche Ausnutzung einiger dieser Schwachstellen erfordert eine Benutzerinteraktion oder erhöhte Rechte.

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