CVE-2017-10672
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 7.9% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129 for Perl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.93% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-06-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| xml-libxml project | xml-libxml |
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00017.html
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=122246
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4042
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00017.html
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=122246
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4042
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