CVE-2018-14567 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2018-14567

libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to...

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.

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

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Affected Vendor

xmlsoft

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Affected Software

libxml2, ubuntu linux, debian linux

Vulnerable Versions:

2.9.8, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 16th, 2018

Last Modified: August 5th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.