CVE-2009-2416
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.50%
Description
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
How to fix CVE-2009-2416
To remediate CVE-2009-2416, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1 or later
Is CVE-2009-2416 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |