Buffer Overflow Affecting libxml2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBXML2-5876744
  • published31 Aug 2023
  • disclosed29 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-39615  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the xmlSAX2StartElement() function at /libxml2/SAX2.c, which allows attackers to exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted XML file.

CVSS Scores

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