CVE-2009-2416

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2009-2416

    CVE-2009-2416

    Published: 11 Aug 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

    References: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/35036, http://secunia.com/advisories/36207, http://secunia.com/advisories/36338, http://secunia.com/advisories/36417, http://secunia.com/advisories/36631, http://secunia.com/advisories/37346, http://secunia.com/advisories/37471, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225, http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859, http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg678527.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205, https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205, http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html, http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/, http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7783, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9262

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High