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CVE-2008-4226 Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large X...

HighCVSS 10.0 EPSS 4.1%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xmlsoft libxml = 2.7.2 No fix listed
debian/libxml2(Debian:12) < 2.6.32.dfsg-5 2.6.32.dfsg-5
debian/libxml2(Debian:13) < 2.6.32.dfsg-5 2.6.32.dfsg-5
debian/libxml2(Debian:14) < 2.6.32.dfsg-5 2.6.32.dfsg-5

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