CVE-2010-4008

critical

Description

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12148

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3100

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3076

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1016-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44779

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:243

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2128

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

http://secunia.com/advisories/42429

http://secunia.com/advisories/42314

http://secunia.com/advisories/42175

http://secunia.com/advisories/42109

http://secunia.com/advisories/40775

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-11-17

Updated: 2020-06-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical