PT-2017-8514

CVE-2016-4571

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Published

2014-06-05

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Updated

2021-06-17

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.1
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mxml versions 2.7 through 2.9
Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically stack consumption, by utilizing a crafted XML file. This is related to the mxml write node function in mxml-file.c.
Recommendations For mxml versions 2.7 through 2.9, consider updating to a version where this issue is fixed, if available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of external XML files to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2014-1729
DLA-1641-1
MGASA-2017-0103
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10530-1
SUSE-SU-2017:3060-1
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