CVE-2011-2821

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    CVE-2011-2821

    Published: 29 Aug 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Double free vulnerability in libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 13.0.782.215, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted XPath expression.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2394, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:145, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update_22.html, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=89402, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13840

    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