CVE-2017-7376
criticalBuffer overflow in libxml2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect limit for port values when handling redirects.
Vendor / product: Xmlsoft — libxml2
Buffer overflow in libxml2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect limit for port values when handling redirects.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.0)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2018-02-19 19:29
Modified: 2026-10-14 07:16
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
xmlsoft / libxml2 <2.9.5
google / android 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0
debian / debian_linux 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/+/51e0cb2e5ec18eaf6fb331bc573ff27b743898f4
Patch / mitigation: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=5dca9eea1bd4263bfa4d037ab2443de1cd730f7e
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98877 cve@mitre.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623 cve@mitre.org
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/+/51e0cb2e5ec18eaf6fb331bc573ff... cve@mitre.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462216 cve@mitre.org
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=5dca9eea1bd4263bfa4d037ab2443de1cd730f7e cve@mitre.org
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01 cve@mitre.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952 cve@mitre.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98877 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/+/51e0cb2e5ec18eaf6fb331bc573ff... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462216 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=5dca9eea1bd4263bfa4d037ab2443de1cd730f7e af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗