Medium severity · published Aug 11, 2009
CVE-2009-2416
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…
6.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 2.0.172.43 · source: NVD
ES
ESXi · VMware
3.5; 4.0 · source: NVD
IO
iOS · Apple
2.0 before 4.0 · source: NVD
VS
vCenter Server · VMware
4.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
3.0; 4.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
ES
Esx · Vmware
3.0.3; 3.5; 4.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
10; 11 · source: NVD
LI
Libxml · Xmlsoft
1.8.17 · source: NVD
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
2.5.10; 2.6.16; 2.6.26; 2.6.27; 2.6.32 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise · Suse
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2416
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2416
Release Notes
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35036
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