CVE-2017-9233 (GCVE-0-2017-9233)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-25 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:02
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Summary
XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.
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