CVE-2009-3627

perl-HTML-Parser: Production of invalid (wide) character(s) while parsing HTML entity(ies) with invalid UTF-8 character(s)

Published Oct 29, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1923-1 New libhtml-parser-perl packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3608 The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-855-1 libhtml-parser-perl vulnerability
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:38 AM
Reserved
Oct 9, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 29, 2009, 2:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:12 PM
Severity
Public date
Oct 22, 2009, 12:00 AM