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CVE-2017-16931: libxml2 through 2.9.4 (inclusive); +4 more affected products
CVE-2017-16931. CVSS 2.0 base score 7.5 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.04332 (percentile 0.90983), scored 13-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
libxml2 · through 2.9.4 (inclusive)
xmlsoft
n/a · n/a
Vendor not specified by the source
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.0 to before V3.1.5
Siemens
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.0 to before V3.1.5
Siemens
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.0 to before V3.1.5
Siemens
Description’s affected range: 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
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: in
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.0): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
NVD’s CVSS 3.0 assessment (base score 9.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CWE
- CWE-119
- CCR priority
- 31.1 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 /10 · CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.04332 · percentile 0.90983 · 2026-10-13
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 16:01:16.619248+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 15:56:36.793806+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2017-16931.html