Description
There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- required
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416CWE-416
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- XMLSOFT
- Published
- 6/1/2021
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
xmlsoft : xmllintdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraredhat : jboss_core_servicesredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxnetapp : clustered_data_ontapnetapp : clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connectornetapp : ontap_select_deploy_administration_utilityoracle : zfs_storage_appliance_kit
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