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Vulnerability CVE-2018-9251
Published: 2018-04-03 Modified: 2018-04-04
| Description: |
The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035. |
Type:
CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'))
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
2.6/10 |
2.9/10 |
4.9/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
High |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
None |
None |
Partial |
References: |
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html
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