### [CVE-2017-16931](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16931)
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### Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon