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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORDUnscored

CVE-2016-9487

EpubCheck 4.0.1 is vulnerable to external XML entity processing attacks

Description

EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, or have the victim execute arbitrary requests on his behalf, abusing the victim's trust relationship with other entities.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

EpubCheck EpubCheck

  • 4.0.1affected

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