cve/2017/CVE-2017-18258.md

CVE-2017-18258

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.

POC

Reference

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284

Github

• https://github.com/0xfabiof/aws_inspector_parser
• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/geeknik/cve-fuzzing-poc