The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.

References

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• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757466
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