Security advisory

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  "id": "281f11d0d9ef1be8c62b2cba676e8ddce28085e9df8de322db12a1a4be940b9d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5969",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5969",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5969",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-5969",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-5969"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/gnome/libxml2",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "bdec2183f34b37ee89ae1d330c6ad2bb4d76605f"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bdec2183f34b37ee89ae1d330c6ad2bb4d76605f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.9.4"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.9.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.9.4",
            "v2.9.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5969.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "bdec2183f34b37ee89ae1d330c6ad2bb4d76605f"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bdec2183f34b37ee89ae1d330c6ad2bb4d76605f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.9.4"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.9.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.9.4",
            "v2.9.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5969.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:43.811134104Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01",
        "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-5969",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435708,
  "published_at": "2017-04-11T16:59:00.343+00:00"
}