CVE-2021-3516

HIGH

libxml2 <2.9.11 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (12)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
netapp/clustered_data_ontap
netapp/clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
oracle/zfs_storage_appliance_kit 8.8
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
... and 2 more
Published Jun 01, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026