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.
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-25T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.940Z

Reserved: 2008-09-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4226

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-25T23:30:00.343

Modified: 2017-09-29T01:32:03.587

Link: CVE-2008-4226

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4226 - Bugzilla