CVE-2010-4008
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 4.2 |
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.3 | Affected | — |
| 11.2 | Affected | — |
| 11.1 | Affected | — |
| 11 | Affected | — |
| 10 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
| 9.10 | Affected | — |
| 8.04 | Affected | — |
| 6.06 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-1 |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endExcluding":"7.0.517.44"} | 7.0.517.44 | |
| apple | itunes | {"endExcluding":"10.2"} | 10.2 |
| apple | safari | {"endExcluding":"5.0.4"} | 5.0.4 |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | {"endExcluding":"2.7.8"} | 2.7.8 |
| apache | openoffice | {"startIncluding":"2.0.0","endIncluding":"2.4.3"} | |
References
- http://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari/
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=58731
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40775
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42109
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42175
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42429
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2128
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:243
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.