Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2017-5969
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
2.63%
Original Filing — NVD Description
libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.