CVE-2010-4494

Summary

CVECVE-2010-4494
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-07 21:00:09 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in libxml2 2.7.8 and other versions, as used in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XPath handling.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-415 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 14 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Hp Insight Control Server Deployment All All All All
Application Hp Rapid Deployment Pack All 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 Eus 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All 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 Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2137-1 libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org 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
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:260 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: libxml2-2.7.7-3.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-1 iOS 4.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Google Chrome 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 Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Libxml2 XPath Double Free Vulnerability - Advisories - Community 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
Google Chrome Releases: Stable, Beta Channel Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com Vendor 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 Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com 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
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 update for libxml2 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of iOS 4.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
63444 - 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
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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