CVE-2009-3627

N/A Unknown
Published: October 29, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
73th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

derrick_oswald

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