CVE-2017-16931

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.

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Publish Date

November 23, 2017

Modified Date

December 10, 2025

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