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Critical 9.8Published Nov 23, 2017
CVE-2017-16931parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.
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parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
xmlsoft libxml2 xmlsoft:libxml2 | through 2.9.4 | NVD |
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.htmlmailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlx-refsource-misc
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766956x-refsource-confirm, permissions-required
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.htmlx-refsource-confirm, release-notes, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/e26630548e7d138d2c560844c43820b6767251e3x-refsource-confirm, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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