CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-9251

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2018-04-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-04-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-835

Description

The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035.

Affected configurations

• xmlsoft libxml2 2.9.8 • debian debian linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References