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CVE-2009-2414

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl
4.3
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

How to fix

Remediation Available
libxml2Debian
Fixed in:2.7.3.dfsg-2.1CVE-2009-2414
Fixed in:2.7.3.dfsg-2.1CVE-2009-2414
Fixed in:2.7.3.dfsg-2.1CVE-2009-2414
Fixed in:2.7.3.dfsg-2.1CVE-2009-2414

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days
86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

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