Xmlsoft: >> Libxml2 >> 2.9.9 Security Vulnerabilities
There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2021-05-18
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 Score
5.9
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2021-05-14
xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2019-12-24
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