Bug 1449541 (CVE-2017-8872) - CVE-2017-8872 libxml2: Out-of-bounds read in htmlParseTryOrFinish
Summary: CVE-2017-8872 libxml2: Out-of-bounds read in htmlParseTryOrFinish
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-8872
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1449543 1449544 1449545
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-05-10 08:56 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:12:13 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-05-10 08:56:49 UTC 
The htmlParseTryOrFinish function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 2.9.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or information disclosure.

Upstream bug:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775200
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-05-10 08:58:06 UTC 
Created libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1449544]


Created mingw-libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1449543]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1449545]
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