CVE-2018-14567

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14567
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14567.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-14567
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-08-16T20:29:02.470Z
Modified
2026-07-08T17:57:47.483097Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMAMEMLIMITERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gnome/libxml2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gnome/libxml2
Events
Introduced
18890f471c420411aa3c989e104d090966ec9dbf
Last affected
18890f471c420411aa3c989e104d090966ec9dbf
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.8"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.8
v2.*
v2.9.8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14567.json"

Git / gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2
Events
Introduced
18890f471c420411aa3c989e104d090966ec9dbf
Last affected
18890f471c420411aa3c989e104d090966ec9dbf
Fixed
2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.8"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.8
v2.*
v2.9.8

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T17:57:47Z"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "180852597283234191320325602637907269614",
                "338566676761864653687960394883719715518",
                "128194818745751110047126713028665673632",
                "53886373313040199494115610631405926464",
                "154090113065312238612875589847642699686",
                "56055175083893272436552181506669000581",
                "293264161075667267437457899580703606926",
                "237979520882579413700949028830992222305"
            ]
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2@2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14567-4f46ece2",
        "target": {
            "file": "xzlib.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "length": 2752.0,
            "function_hash": "92334495056954850005331007548415777608"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2@2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14567-ea8cbb44",
        "target": {
            "function": "xz_decomp",
            "file": "xzlib.c"
        }
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14567.json"