CVE-2020-7595

libxml2: infinite loop in xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in some end-of-file situations

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 21, 2020

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')