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CVE-2017-5969

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5969 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libxml2 version 2.9.4, specifically when processing crafted XML documents in recover mode. This flaw can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the application to crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and requiring user interaction, but only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploit codes or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 167 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libxml2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libxml2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libxml2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5969Low

libxml2: Null pointer dereference in xmlSaveDoc implementation

Nov 5, 2016

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201711-01
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96188
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry