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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-3627
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows...
Vulnerability Description
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37155
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
- http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
Affected Vendor
derrick oswald
View all reports →Affected Software
html-parser
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.00, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.41, 1.42
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 29th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.