CVE-2021-3516CWE-416

CVE-2021-3516

High · published June 1, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02043 · 81.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2021-06-01T18:15Z
Affected products (12)
ProductVersionsFixed in
xmlsoft/xmllint< 2.9.112.9.11
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
redhat/jboss_core_servicesall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
netapp/clustered_data_ontapall versions—
netapp/clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connectorall versions—
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utilityall versions—
oracle/zfs_storage_appliance_kitall versions—
References (19)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225 · [email protected]https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539 · [email protected]https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230 · [email protected]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html · [email protected]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/ · [email protected]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/ · [email protected]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05 · [email protected]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/ · [email protected]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUN 13:38Z
    There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11
    cvelistv5