Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
References (36)
Core 36
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515195
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36631
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36417
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg678527.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35036
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36338
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8639
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10129
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37346
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36207
Scores
EPSS
0.0315
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (6)
xmlsoft/libxml
1.8.17
xmlsoft/libxml2
2.5.10
xmlsoft/libxml2
2.6.16
xmlsoft/libxml2
2.6.26
xmlsoft/libxml2
2.6.27
xmlsoft/libxml2
2.6.32
Published
Aug 11, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026