Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-14567

Title: Xmlsoft Libxml2 Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-14567.

CWE Category CWE-835
Published Date Aug 16, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-14567: libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.

Impacted Vendors

X
xmlsoft 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105198 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105198 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-14567 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.