CVE-2020-7595
xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.
02 Description
xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 7.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-01-21 22:54Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 08:07Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-01-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5a0d1b8fe4f96b7636b3b18732b20c678a8901dc10f4a5301ef9001092c46d46
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-41fe1680f6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/545SPOI3ZPPNPX4TFRIVE4JVRTJRKULL/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4274-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-0c71c00af4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-7694e8be73https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0681http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0005/
- gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/0e1a49c89076
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200909 [SECURITY] [DLA 2369-1] libxml2 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202010-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-04
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf
- us-cert.cisa.govhttps://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-08
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-292794.html
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.10-6
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.10+dfsg-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.10+dfsg-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.10+dfsg-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.