Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.
Published: 2017-11-23
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 4.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1194-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8101 parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.
History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T06:30:26.259Z

Reserved: 2017-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16931

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-23T21:29:00.390

Modified: 2026-10-14T07:16:39.460

Link: CVE-2017-16931

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-06-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16931 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses