CVE-2009-2414

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2414
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-11 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xmlsoft Libxml 1.8.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.26 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.27 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.32 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Bug#540865: libxml2: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416 pointer-user-after-fre af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Google Chrome Releases: Stable Update: Security fixes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
libxml2 - XML parser and markup toolkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
XML flaw threatens apps built with Sun, Apache, Python libraries - Network World af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.networkworld.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: libxml2-2.7.3-3.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Codenomicon Labs | XML Security and Fuzzing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.codenomicon.com
libxml2 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-815-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
APPLE-SA-2009-11-11-1 Safari 4.0.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1859-1 libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
CERT-FI - CERT-FI Advisory on XML libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.fi
About Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE-2009-2414 / CVE-2009-2416 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openoffice.org
libxml2 DTD Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About the security content of Safari 4.0.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2010-06-21-1 iOS 4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
OpenOffice.org Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1 Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 515195 – CVE-2009-2414 libxml, libxml2, mingw32-libxml2: Stack overflow by parsing root XML element DTD definition af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
VMSA-2009-0016.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: mingw32-libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for mingw32-libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Sun libxml2 DTD Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Bug#540865: libxml2: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416 pointer-user-after-fre MITRE www.mail-archive.com
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