CVE-2008-4409

Xmlsoft Libxml2 - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Christian Weiske · xmldosunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32454

Scores

EPSS 0.1130
EPSS Percentile 93.4%

Classification

CWE
CWE-399
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

xmlsoft/libxml2
xmlsoft/libxml2

Timeline

Published Oct 03, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026