CVE-2008-3529
HIGH severity · CVSS 10 · Memory corruption
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)23%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31558Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31855Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31860Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31868Advisory