ghsa-6j8w-m4cc-r7hm
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:09
Modified
2025-04-20 03:41
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-9233"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-07-25T20:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.",
  "id": "GHSA-6j8w-m4cc-r7hm",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:41:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:09:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}


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