CVE-2017-9050
Out-of-bounds read in nokogiri
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1839.
How to fix CVE-2017-9050
To remediate CVE-2017-9050, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.1 or later
Is CVE-2017-9050 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1
- from 0, < 1.8.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |