CVE-2010-4008

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.73% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory google.com Vendor Advisory blogspot.com Vendor Advisory gnome.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/40775 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42175 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html mailing list release notes vendor advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44779 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 vdb entry permissions required
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1016-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari/ broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42109 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3100 vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2128 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:243 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3076 vdb entry permissions required
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12148 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=58731 issue tracking patch vendor advisory exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42429 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4008?
CVE-2010-4008 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4008?
To fix CVE-2010-4008, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4008 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4008 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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