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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2017-8872 json

The htmlParseTryOrFinish function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 2.9.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or info…

published 2017-05-10 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17814

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The htmlParseTryOrFinish function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 2.9.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or information disclosure.

Patch / fix

  • libxml2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8872

  • libxml2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1
  • libxml2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm2
  • libxml2 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8872

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 2.9.4-46.3.2
  • python-libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 2.9.4-46.3.2
  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 2.7.6-0.77.3.2
  • libxml2-python SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 2.7.6-0.77.3.5

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2141-1SUSE-SU-2017:2115-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-8872 updated cvss 5.4

libxml2: Out-of-bounds read in htmlParseTryOrFinish

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libxml2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libxml2, libxml2-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libxml2, libxml2-python Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 libxml2
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-21-336-06 updated cvss 9.1

Hitachi Energy APM Edge

  • Hitachi Energy APM Edge 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Physically protect process control systems from direct access by unauthorized personnel.” search.abb.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
10 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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