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CVE-2008-4226

Date: November 25, 2008

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.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (57)

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0001.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0301

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-673-1

Url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxml2-2.7.2-2.fc10

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36235

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32872

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:231

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3176

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1666

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/49993

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0988.html

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-002.htm

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32326

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-126356-03-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4226

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-251406-1

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0034

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34247

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00472.html

Url: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33792

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4226

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470466

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33746

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0323

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-261688-1

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141243-01-1

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32811

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32974

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6360

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32773

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-067.htm

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265329-1

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.473974

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33417

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32802

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32766

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32764

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32762

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32807

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9888

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36173

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6219

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00513.html

Url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxml2-2.7.2-2.fc9

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1021238

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4226

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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