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CVE-2008-4226: xmlsoft libxml Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-4226
Published 25-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4226 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in xmlsoft libxml. EPSS estimates a 4.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 10, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.05%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
DSA-1666-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10192-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10228-1RHSA-2008:0988

Timeline

  1. 25-11-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.05%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.05% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • libxml2< 2.6.32.dfsg-5
Xmlsoft1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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