CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-18258
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-08
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.
Affected configurations
• xmlsoft libxml2 (< 2.9.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e2a9122b8dde53d320750451e9907a7dcb2ca8bb Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284 kc.mcafee.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html lists.debian.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001/ security.netapp.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e2a9122b8dde53d320750451e9907a7dcb2ca8bb Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284 kc.mcafee.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html lists.debian.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001/ security.netapp.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html cert-portal.siemens.com