Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.14-r2


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.29% (69th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE314-LIBXML2-3050520
  • published 16 Oct 2022
  • disclosed 23 Nov 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.14 libxml2 to version 2.9.14-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.14 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.