There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Advisories
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2653-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-5279 There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v4f8-2847-rwm7 Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to use-after-free
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4991-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:01:07.460Z

Reserved: 2021-04-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3518

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-18T12:15:08.043

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:21:44.453

Link: CVE-2021-3518

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-04-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3518 - Bugzilla

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