CVE-2010-4008

libxml2: Crash (stack frame overflow or NULL pointer dereference) by traversal of XPath axis

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

libxml2 anterior v2.7.8, como el usado en Google Chrome anterior v7.0.517.44, Apple Safari v5.0.2 y anteriores, otros productos, ree desde localizaciones de memoria inválidas durante el procesado de expresiones XPath malformadas, lo que permite a atacantes dependientes del contexto causar una denegación de servicio (caída aplicación) a través de un documento XML.

Potential vulnerabilities have been identified with HP Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) or HP Insight Control Server Deployment. The vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely affecting confidentiality, integrity and availability. Revision 1 of this advisory.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-10-20 CVE Reserved
2010-11-16 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (30)

URL	Tag	Source
http://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40775	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42429	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44779	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12148	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=58731	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html	2020-06-04
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html	2020-06-04
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html	2020-06-04
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html	2020-06-04
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html	2020-06-04
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html	2020-06-04
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html	2020-06-04
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2	2020-06-04
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2	2020-06-04
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html	2020-06-04
http://secunia.com/advisories/42109	2020-06-04
http://secunia.com/advisories/42175	2020-06-04
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2128	2020-06-04
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:243	2020-06-04
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html	2020-06-04
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1016-1	2020-06-04
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4008	2013-01-31
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645341	2013-01-31

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				< 7.0.517.44 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 7.0.517.44"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Itunes Search vendor "Apple" for product "Itunes"				< 10.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Itunes" and version " < 10.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Safari Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari"				< 5.0.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari" and version " < 5.0.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				< 4.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " < 4.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				< 10.6.7 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " < 10.6.7"		-		Affected
Xmlsoft Search vendor "Xmlsoft"		Libxml2 Search vendor "Xmlsoft" for product "Libxml2"				< 2.7.8 Search vendor "Xmlsoft" for product "Libxml2" and version " < 2.7.8"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.06 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.06"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				8.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				9.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "9.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.10"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				6.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "6.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.2"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.3"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "10"		sp3		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp1		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Openoffice Search vendor "Apache" for product "Openoffice"				>= 2.0.0 <= 2.4.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Openoffice" and version " >= 2.0.0 <= 2.4.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Openoffice Search vendor "Apache" for product "Openoffice"				>= 3.0.0 < 3.3.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Openoffice" and version " >= 3.0.0 < 3.3.0"		-		Affected