CVE-2010-4008
libxml2 - potential code execution
EPSS 0.76%
Description
libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.
How to fix CVE-2010-4008
To remediate CVE-2010-4008, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.7.8.dfsg-1 or later
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny2 or later
Is CVE-2010-4008 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.7.8.dfsg-1
- from 0, < 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny2