CVE-2017-9050

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Oct 14, 2026

Description

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString 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 CVE-2016-1839.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125 CWE-122

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 18, 2017
Last modified: Oct 14, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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