CVEs-PoC/2018/CVE-2018-9251.md

### [CVE-2018-9251](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9251)
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### Description

The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914

#### Github
- https://github.com/KorayAgaya/TrivyWeb
- https://github.com/Mohzeela/external-secret
- https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example
- https://github.com/junxzm1990/afl-pt
- https://github.com/siddharthraopotukuchi/trivy
- https://github.com/simiyo/trivy
- https://github.com/t31m0/Vulnerability-Scanner-for-Containers
- https://github.com/umahari/security