CVE-2017-16931
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 4.58 % · percentile 92 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-8101
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2017-16931
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-1015 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0499 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable Nessus Network Monitor · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-650 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2021-AVI-560 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle Systems · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2018-AVI-293 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable Nessus Agent · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2018-AVI-288 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable Nessus · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 2.9.4
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766956
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/e26630548e7d138d2c560844c43820b6767251e3
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |