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CVE-2018-14567

Published: 31 July 2018

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 and CVE-2018-9251.

Notes

Author	Note
leosilva	precise/esm version has not LZMA support

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 6.5

Status

Package	Release	Status
libxml2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2)
	precise	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	trusty	Released (2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6)
	Patches: upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74

References

Bugs

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/13

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