CVE-2009-3720

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3720
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 03 Nov 2009, 16:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 06:38

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
36/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
27.92% HIGH
28% probability +26.76%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Nov 2009, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 06:38
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in Python, PyXML, w3c-libwww, and other software, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with crafted UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 27.92%• Percentile: 98%

Affected Systems

  • apache•http_server

    ≥ 2.0.35, < 2.0.64 | ≥ 2.2.0, < 2.2.17

  • debian•audacity

    < 1.3.2-1 | < 1.3.2-1 | < 1.3.2-1 | < 1.3.2-1

  • debian•cadaver

    all | all | all | all

  • debian•cmake

    < 2.6.0-6 | < 2.6.0-6 | < 2.6.0-6 | < 2.6.0-6

  • debian•coin3

    < 4.0.0~CMake~6f54f1602475+ds1-1 | < 4.0.0~CMake~6f54f1602475+ds1-1 | < 4.0.0~CMake~6f54f1602475+ds1-1 | < 4.0.0~CMake~6f54f1602475+ds1-1

  • debian•expat

    < 2.0.1-5 | < 2.0.1-5 | < 2.0.1-5 | < 2.0.1-5

  • debian•gdcm

    < 2.0.14-2 | < 2.0.14-2 | < 2.0.14-2 | < 2.0.14-2

  • debian•ghostscript

    < 8.71~dfsg-2 | < 8.71~dfsg-2 | < 8.71~dfsg-2 | < 8.71~dfsg-2

  • debian•libxmltok

    all | all

  • debian•matanza

    all | all | all | all

  • debian•mcabber

    < 0.10.0-1 | < 0.10.0-1 | < 0.10.0-1 | < 0.10.0-1

  • debian•paraview

    < 3.6.2-1 | < 3.6.2-1 | < 3.6.2-1 | < 3.6.2-1

  • debian•poco

    < 1.3.6p1-1 | < 1.3.6p1-1 | < 1.3.6p1-1 | < 1.3.6p1-1

  • debian•simgear

    < 2.10.0-1 | < 2.10.0-1 | < 2.10.0-1 | < 2.10.0-1

  • debian•tdom

    < 0.8.3~20080525-1 | < 0.8.3~20080525-1 | < 0.8.3~20080525-1 | < 0.8.3~20080525-1

  • debian•tla

    < 1.3.5+dfsg-15 | < 1.3.5+dfsg-15

  • debian•udunits

    < 2.1.8-4 | < 2.1.8-4 | < 2.1.8-4 | < 2.1.8-4

  • debian•xmlrpc-c

    < 1.06.27-1.1 | < 1.06.27-1.1 | < 1.06.27-1.1 | < 1.06.27-1.1

  • debian•xotcl

    < 1.6.5-1.2 | < 1.6.5-1.2 | < 1.6.5-1.2 | < 1.6.5-1.2

  • libexpat_project•libexpat

    2.0.1

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