CVE-2017-7376
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 23.3% (pctl 98)
Patch early
EPSS 23.3% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
Buffer overflow in libxml2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect limit for port values when handling redirects.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 23.29% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-02-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| android | |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98877
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/+/51e0cb2e5ec18eaf6fb331bc573ff27b743898f4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462216
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=5dca9eea1bd4263bfa4d037ab2443de1cd730f7e
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98877
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/+/51e0cb2e5ec18eaf6fb331bc573ff27b743898f4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462216
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=5dca9eea1bd4263bfa4d037ab2443de1cd730f7e
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952
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