CVE-2017-10672
Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129 for Perl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129 for Perl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.93% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- xml-libxml project/xml-libxml · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00017.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=122246Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4042Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00017.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=122246Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4042Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.