Published: 10/05/2017 Updated: 10/09/2020

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 10

CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.1 | Impact Score: 5.2 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 571

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

The htmlParseTryOrFinish function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 2.9.4 allows malicious users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or information disclosure.

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Debian Bug report logs - #862450 libxml2: CVE-2017-8872: Out-of-bounds read in htmlParseTryOrFinish Package: src:libxml2; Maintainer for src:libxml2 is Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 19:45:02 UTC Severi ...

The htmlParseTryOrFinish function in HTMLparserc in libxml2 294 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or information disclosure ...

Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Energy

CWE-125 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775200 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=862450 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-336-06

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