CVE-2017-16931
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 4.33%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 91
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766956
- https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/e26630548e7d138d2c560844c43820b6767251e3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766956
- https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/e26630548e7d138d2c560844c43820b6767251e3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
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