CVE-2017-8872

critical

Published 2017-05-10 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.1

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

94%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1`
sid	Fixed	`2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1`
forky	Fixed	`2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
xmlsoft	libxml2	`2.9.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.