CVE-2008-4409

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 03 Oct 2008, 17:18
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 10:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
11.3% MEDIUM
11% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Oct 2008, 17:18
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 10:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 11.30%• Percentile: 94%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • xmlsoft•libxml2

    2.7.0 | 2.7.1

References (18)