ALPINE-CVE-2018-14404
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Published: 19 Jul 2018, 13:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:41
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
19 Jul 2018, 13:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Systems
- alpine•libxml2
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