CVE-2010-4008

CVE Details

Release Date:2010-11-04
Impact:Low What is this?

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


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


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 4.3
Vector String: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)ELSA-2012-00172012-01-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (libxml2)ELSA-2011-17492011-12-14
Oracle Linux version 6 (mingw32-libxml2)ELSA-2013-02172013-01-31


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