CVE-2016-3627

libxml2: stack exhaustion while parsing xml files in recovery mode

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 21, 2016

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

Missing recursive loop detection checks were found in the xmlParserEntityCheck() and xmlStringGetNodeList() functions of libxml2, causing application using the library to crash by stack exhaustion while building the associated data. An attacker able to send XML data to be parsed in recovery mode could launch a Denial of Service on the application.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion