VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-3627
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.73%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.73%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.73% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- derrick oswald/html-parser
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37155Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225Patch
- http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37155Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.