VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9049

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-18
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictComputeFastKey function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for libxml2 Bug 759398.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references