CVE-2017-9048

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. The function xmlSnprintfElementContent in valid.c is supposed to recursively dump the element content definition into a char buffer 'buf' of size 'size'. At the end of the routine, the function may strcat two more characters without checking whether the current strlen(buf) + 2 < size. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/1	Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98556	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-05-18 06:29

Updated : 2021-06-29 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2017-9048

Mitre link : CVE-2017-9048

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xmlsoft

libxml2

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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