CVE-2009-3627 | BDVDB-2026-39114 Detail
Description#
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37155
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
- http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.