Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.7.8.dfsg-5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.4% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBXML2-429685
  • published13 Dec 2011
  • disclosed13 Dec 2011

Introduced: 13 Dec 2011

CVE-2011-3905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libxml2 to version 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

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