CVE-2017-7375 XML external entity in n/a

What is CVE-2017-7375?

CVE-2017-7375 is a critical vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw in libxml2 allows remote XML entity inclusion with default parser flags (i.e., when the caller did not request entity substitution, DTD validation, external DTD subset loading, or default DTD attributes). Depending on the context, this may expose a higher-risk attack surface in libxml2 not usually reachable with default parser flags, and expose content from local files, HTTP, or FTP servers (which might be otherwise unreachable).

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7375?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Android, Xmlsoft Libxml2.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7375?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-7375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7375, ECHO-d343-062c-7b77, GHSA-ww2p-x466-vpwf, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7375.