CVE-2008-4409

libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of…

published October 3, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
9%
Percentile
95.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.08534 · 95.0th percentile
Published
2008-10-03T17:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 17:18Z
    libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of…
    cvelistv5