CVE-2010-4008

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-11-04

Description

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

See more information about CVE-2010-4008 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)	ELSA-2012-0017	2012-01-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (libxml2)	ELSA-2011-1749	2011-12-14
Oracle Linux version 6 (mingw32-libxml2)	ELSA-2013-0217	2013-01-31

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