Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-10672

critical

CVE-2017-10672

perl-XML-LibXML: Use-after-free by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call

Published Modified CWE 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129 for Perl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
debian 12libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
debian 13libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
debian 14libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
debian 7libxml-libxml-perl2.0001+dfsg-1+deb7u2
debian 8libxml-libxml-perl2.0116+dfsg-1+deb8u2
debian 9libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-1+deb9u1
echolibxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
Red Hatperl-XML-LibXMLno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04libxml-libxml-perl2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 16.04libxml-libxml-perl2.0123+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibxml-libxml-perl2.0123+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
debian 12libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
debian 13libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
debian 14libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
debian 7libxml-libxml-perl2.0001+dfsg-1+deb7u2
debian 8libxml-libxml-perl2.0116+dfsg-1+deb8u2
debian 9libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-1+deb9u1
echolibxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-5
Red Hatperl-XML-LibXMLno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04libxml-libxml-perl2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 16.04libxml-libxml-perl2.0123+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibxml-libxml-perl2.0123+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 17.04libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 17.10libxml-libxml-perl2.0128+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

References

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