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Purlpkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-5
Typealpm
Namespacearchlinux
Namelibxml2
Version2.9.8-5
Qualifiers
Subpath
Is_vulnerablefalse
Next_non_vulnerable_version2.9.10-6
Latest_non_vulnerable_version2.9.14-1
Affected_by_vulnerabilities
Fixing_vulnerabilities
0
url VCID-8pzj-mq5r-rqcq
vulnerability_id VCID-8pzj-mq5r-rqcq
summary 
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035.
references
0
reference_url https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-9251.json
reference_id
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scores
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scoring_system cvssv3
scoring_elements CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
url https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-9251.json
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reference_id
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published_at 2026-04-01T12:55:00Z
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url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-9251
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reference_url https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914
reference_id
reference_type
scores
url https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914
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reference_url https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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reference_url https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html
reference_id
reference_type
scores
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reference_type
scores
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reference_url https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-3
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reference_type
scores
url https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-3
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reference_url https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-4
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reference_type
scores
url https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-4
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reference_url https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-672
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reference_type
scores
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scoring_system archlinux
scoring_elements
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reference_type
scores
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scoring_elements
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reference_url https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9251
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scores
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reference_url https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1827
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reference_type
scores
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fixed_packages
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url pkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-5
purl pkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-5
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-5
aliases CVE-2018-9251
risk_score 3.1
exploitability 0.5
weighted_severity 6.2
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-8pzj-mq5r-rqcq
Risk_scorenull
Resource_urlhttp://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-5