{"cve":"CVE-2017-5969","nvd":{"published":"2017-04-11T16:59:00.343","modified":"2026-06-17T01:21:31.863","status":"Modified","description":"libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document.  NOTE: The maintainer states \"I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188","https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html"],"products":["xmlsoft:libxml2"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:09.859288039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-5969","score":0.0263,"percentile":0.85514,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}