CVE-2018-9251

Name
CVE-2018-9251
Description
The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in 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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Exploit https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* libxml2 == None == 2.9.8

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status