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1 vulnerability found for XML::LibXML by SHLOMIF
CVE-2026-8177 (GCVE-0-2026-8177)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-10 20:48 – Updated: 2026-07-01 12:05
VLAI?
Title
XML::LibXML versions through 2.0210 for Perl read out-of-bounds heap memory when parsing XML node names containing truncated UTF-8 byte sequences
Summary
XML::LibXML versions through 2.0210 for Perl read out-of-bounds heap memory when parsing XML node names containing truncated UTF-8 byte sequences.
A node name ending in the middle of a multi byte UTF-8 sequence causes the parser to read past the end of the input string into adjacent heap memory.
Any Perl process that passes attacker controlled strings to XML::LibXML's DOM node-name methods can reach this path on the default API. The likely consequence is a crash, causing denial of service.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHLOMIF | XML::LibXML |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.0210
(custom)
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