The vulnerability of the xmlDocGetRootElement() function in the IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx component of the VTK image processing library allows a attacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the xmlDocGetRootElement function in the IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx component of the VTK image processing library is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...