CVE-2008-4409
libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial...
- Published
- Oct 3, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Oct 2, 2008
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 94.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.
Sources
1- libxml2 - Denial of ServiceExploit
Christian Weiske · unix · Oct 2, 2008
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