CVE-2009-2416
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · Use-after-free
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (12)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35036
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36207
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36338