DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4226

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2008-4226
Downstream
DSA-1666-1
Published: 25 Nov 2008, 23:30
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Nov 2008, 23:30
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•libxml2

    < 2.6.32.dfsg-5 | < 2.6.32.dfsg-5 | < 2.6.32.dfsg-5 | < 2.6.32.dfsg-5

References (1)