CVE-2008-4225

CWE-189CWE-190 — Integer Overflow8 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Xmlsoft Libxml
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large XML document.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianlibxml2< 2.6.32.dfsg-5+3
▶NVDxmlsoft/libxml2.7.2

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: www.debian.org ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-crw4-5c7w-w3j2: Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2008-4225: Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2↗2008-11-25
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CVEList
CVE-2008-4225: Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2↗2008-11-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2008-11-19
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Red Hat
libxml2: integer overflow leading to infinite loop in xmlBufferResize↗2008-11-17
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Debian
CVE-2008-4225: libxml2 - Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context...↗2008
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4225 libxml2: integer overflow leading to infinite loop in xmlBufferResize↗2008-11-07
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CVE-2008-4225 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | Integer overflow in the xmlBufferRe | cvebase.io