CVE-2009-3627
libhtml-parser-perl - denial of service
EPSS 0.73%
Description
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
How to fix CVE-2009-3627
To remediate CVE-2009-3627, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libhtml-parser-perl—upgrade to 3.64-1 or later
- Debian/libhtml-parser-perl—upgrade to 3.55-1+etch1 or later
Is CVE-2009-3627 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.64-1
- from 0, < 3.55-1+etch1