CVE-2013-2877
libxml2 - denial of service
EPSS 0.63%
Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.0, as used in Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a document that ends abruptly, related to the lack of certain checks for the XML_PARSER_EOF state.
How to fix CVE-2013-2877
To remediate CVE-2013-2877, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.9.1+dfsg1-1 or later
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8 or later
Is CVE-2013-2877 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.9.1+dfsg1-1
- from 0, < 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8