CVE-2017-9050: Out-of-bounds Read

May 18, 2017 (updated June 29, 2021)

libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1839.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9050

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