Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.

References

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