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CVE-2017-9049

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-18 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-125

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.

Affected products

• xmlsoft libxml2: 2.9.4

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98601
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98601
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01

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