CVE-2021-3537

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 18
Modified
Published: 14 May 2021, 19:50
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 17:01

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 May 2021, 19:50
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 17:01
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 29%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    33 | 34

  • netapp•active_iq_unified_manager

    na

  • netapp•clustered_data_ontap

    na

  • netapp•clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector

    na

  • netapp•hci_h410c_firmware

    na

  • netapp•manageability_software_development_kit

    na

  • netapp•ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility

    na

  • netapp•snapdrive

    na

  • oracle•communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment

    1.10.0

  • oracle•enterprise_manager_base_platform

    13.4.0.0 | 13.5.0.0

  • oracle•enterprise_manager_ops_center

    12.4.0.0

  • oracle•mysql_workbench

    ≤ 8.0.26

  • oracle•openjdk

    8:update301

  • oracle•peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools

    8.58

  • oracle•real_user_experience_insight

    13.4.1.0 | 13.5.1.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0

  • redhat•jboss_core_services

    na

  • xmlsoft•libxml2

    < 2.9.11

References (9)