Denial of Service Vulnerability in libxml2 2.9.8 with LZMA Decompression

CVE-2018-9251 · LOW Severity

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

The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in 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.

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