{"id":"CVE-2017-5969","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5969","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:46.808Z","title":"libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document.","description":"libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document.  NOTE: The maintainer states \"I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.","published":"2017-04-11T16:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["xmlsoft/libxml2"],"epss":{"score":0.0263,"percentile":0.85434,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.05345,"percentile":0.92313},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.0263,"percentile":0.8485}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.63%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5969","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}