Description
A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Published: 2021-05-14
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2653-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-1938 A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-286v-pcf5-25rc Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to null pointer dereferencing
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4991-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:01:08.318Z

Reserved: 2021-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3537

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-14T20:15:16.553

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:21:47.317

Link: CVE-2021-3537

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3537 - Bugzilla

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