CVE-2016-3705

libxml2: stack overflow before detecting invalid XML file

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 3, 2016

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

Missing incrementation of recursion depth counter were found in the xmlParserEntityCheck() and xmlParseAttValueComplex() functions used for parsing XML data. An attacker could launch a Denial of Service attack by passing specially crafted XML data to an application, forcing it to crash due to stack exhaustion.

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