cvelist/2017/5xxx/CVE-2017-5969.json

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                "value": "** DISPUTED ** libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document.  NOTE: The maintainer states \"I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.\""
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                "name": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519",
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                "name": "[oss-security] 20170213 CVE-2017-5969: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode)",
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                "name": "[oss-security] 20161105 CVE request: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode)",
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