debian · CVE-2017-18258

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:30:09 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2017-18258 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxml2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

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