CVE-2017-18258

Summary

CVECVE-2017-18258
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-08 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-10 01:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 All All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
April 2018 Libxml2 Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2369-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-3739-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
McAfee Security Bulletin - SIEM update fixes multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-7704, CVE-2016-10708, CVE-2018-10858, CVE-2018-11784, CVE-2018-18258, CVE-2019-3628, CVE-2019-3629, CVE-2019-3630, CVE-2019-3631, CVE-2019-3632) CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1524-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Set memory limit for LZMA decompression (e2a9122b) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab MISC git.gnome.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296089 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 10.1.3 Missing (CPUAPR2019)
  • 377223 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libxml2 (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0077)
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
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