CVE-2018-14567

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2018-14567 · Published 16/08/2018 · updated 14/10/2026

In short

CVE-2018-14567 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting libxml2 (xmlsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.3%, higher than 91.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libxml2 xmlsoft	`= 2.9.8`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/105198 · Third Party Advisory
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74 · Patch
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1 · Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

libxml2

xmlsoft

= 2.9.8

No fix yet

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