### [CVE-2016-3705](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3705)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%20n%2Fa%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon