CVE-2009-3627

no score yetEPSS 1.7%

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.

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2009-10-29
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

derrick_oswald:html-parser

References

http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022

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