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CVE-2008-4226

Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.

Published

2008-11-25T23:30:00.343

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xmlsoft	libxml	2.7.2	Yes

References

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http://secunia.com/advisories/32773 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32802 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32811 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33417 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33746 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33792 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34247 ([email protected])
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http://secunia.com/advisories/36173 ([email protected])
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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