CVE-2017-5969 (GCVE-0-2017-5969)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-11 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:18 Disputed
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Summary
libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.
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