CVE-2021-3537CWE-476

CVE-2021-3537

Medium · published May 15, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
4%
Percentile
89.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03596 · 89.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-05-15T00:15Z
Affected products (24)
ProductVersionsFixed in
xmlsoft/libxml2< 2.9.112.9.11
redhat/jboss_core_servicesall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
netapp/active_iq_unified_managerall versions—
netapp/clustered_data_ontapall versions—
netapp/clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connectorall versions—
netapp/manageability_software_development_kitall versions—
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utilityall versions—
netapp/snapdriveall versions—
netapp/hci_h410c_firmwareall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environmentall versions—
oracle/enterprise_manager_base_platformall versions—
oracle/enterprise_manager_base_platformall versions—
oracle/enterprise_manager_ops_centerall versions—
oracle/mysql_workbench≤ 8.0.26—
oracle/openjdkall versions—
oracle/peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletoolsall versions—
oracle/real_user_experience_insightall versions—
oracle/real_user_experience_insightall versions—
References (19)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956522 · [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-20210625-0002/ · [email protected]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html · [email protected]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html · [email protected]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956522 · 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-20210625-0002/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 MAY 19:50Z
    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
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