CVE-2010-4008

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4008
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerapple
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-11-17 01:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlibxml2 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.

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 Apache Openoffice All All All All
Application Apache Openoffice All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Application Apple Itunes 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 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 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 9.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of iTunes 10.2 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of Safari 5.0.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
58731 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Google Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of iOS 4.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1 Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
'[security bulletin] HPSBGN02970 rev.1 - HP Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) or HP Insight Control Server ' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
[xml] Release of libxml2-2.7.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.gnome.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1 iOS 4.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian update for libxml2 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2011-03-02-1 iTunes 10.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
OpenOffice.org Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-2 Safari 5.0.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
libxml2 'XPATH' Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2010-4008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openoffice.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2128-1 libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-1016-1: libxml2 vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:243 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Bkis Blog » Libxml2 vulnerability in Google Chrome and Apple Safari af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.bkis.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
'[security bulletin] HPSBMA02662 SSRT100409 rev.1 - HP System Management Homepage (SMH) for Linux and' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
libxml XPath Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
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