Description
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37155Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225Patch
- http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37155Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 29, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified