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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-10-29T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:38:28.315Z

Reserved: 2009-10-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-3627

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-10-29T14:30:01.203

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3627

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3627 - Bugzilla