ALPINE-CVE-2021-3518

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CVE-2021-3518
Published: 18 May 2021, 12:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 May 2021, 12:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•libxml2

    < 2.9.9-r5 | < 2.9.10-r5 | < 2.9.10-r6 | < 2.9.10-r7 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0 | < 2.9.11-r0

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