CVE-2018-14404

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14404
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-19 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-10 01:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux - All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux - All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2369-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
NULL pointer deref in xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() (#10) · Issues · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Vendor Advisory
CVE-2018-14404 Libxml2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
USN-3739-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
#901817 - libxml2: CVE-2018-14404: NULL pointer deref in xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3739-2: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
1595985 – (CVE-2018-14404) CVE-2018-14404 libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() can allow attackers to cause a denial of service MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1524-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296087 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 8.1.5 Missing (CPUAPR2019)
  • 377223 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libxml2 (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0077)
  • 500349 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 504112 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
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