CVE-2020-7595
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-835
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/0e1a49c89076 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/0e1a49c89076Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdfAdvisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.htmlAdvisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/545SPOI3ZPPNPX4TFRIVE4JVRTJRKULL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-04Advisory