DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4008

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4008

    Published: 17 Nov 2010Last Modified: 4 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2010-4008

    Summary:

    Details: libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4008

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.8.dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    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