The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 3, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Dec 15, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Last updated
Feb 3, 2023
The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.
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