CVE-2009-2416

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2416
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-11 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a | CWE-416 CWE-416 Use After Free

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Apple Safari All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 11 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
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 Broken Link
Bug 515205 – CVE-2009-2416 libxml, libxml2, mingw32-libxml2: Pointer use-after-free flaws by parsing Notation and Enumeration attribute types af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Bug#540865: libxml2: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416 pointer-user-after-fre af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com Patch
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
Google Chrome Releases: Stable Update: Security fixes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com Release Notes
libxml2 - XML parser and markup toolkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Patch
XML flaw threatens apps built with Sun, Apache, Python libraries - Network World af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.networkworld.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: libxml2-2.7.3-3.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Codenomicon Labs | XML Security and Fuzzing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.codenomicon.com Broken Link
libxml2 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-815-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2009-11-11-1 Safari 4.0.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1859-1 libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List, Patch
CERT-FI - CERT-FI Advisory on XML libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.fi Broken Link
About Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
CVE-2009-2414 / CVE-2009-2416 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openoffice.org Third Party Advisory
libxml2 DTD Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About the security content of Safari 4.0.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
About the security content of iOS 4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
APPLE-SA-2010-06-21-1 iOS 4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
OpenOffice.org Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1 Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
VMSA-2009-0016.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: mingw32-libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Fedora update for mingw32-libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Sun libxml2 DTD Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2009-2416 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug#540865: libxml2: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416 pointer-user-after-fre MITRE www.mail-archive.com
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