Memory Consumption Denial of Service Vulnerability in libxml2

CVE-2017-18258 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

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