CVE-2021-3517

HIGH

libxml2 <2.9.11 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There is a flaw in the xml entity encoding functionality of libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to supply a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with the affected functionality of libxml2 could trigger an out-of-bounds read. The most likely impact of this flaw is to application availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity if an attacker is able to use memory information to further exploit the application.

References (13)

Core 13
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, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954232
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125 CWE-787
Status published
Products (32)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager (2 CPE variants)
netapp/clustered_data_ontap
netapp/clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector
netapp/e-series_santricity_os_controller 11.0.0 - 11.70.1
netapp/e-series_santricity_storage_manager
netapp/e-series_santricity_web_services
netapp/hci_h410c_firmware
... and 22 more
Published May 19, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026