Critical
Security advisory
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.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-10672
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 06:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2017-10672
Complete source record
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