CVE-2017-5969
MEDIUM4.7EPSS 3.5%Published: 4/11/2017Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-5969DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5969
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/libxml2from 0, < 2.9.4-r4
- Debian/libxml2from 0, < 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |