CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-5969

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Apr 11, 2017 | Modified: Apr 11, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libxml2 Xmlsoft 2.9.4 (including) 2.9.4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References