cve-2017-9233
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-07-25 20:00
Modified
2024-08-05 17:02
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.
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