Buffer overflow in Apache Openoffice
CVE-2010-4008
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.027 · change: -0.004
Affected products
- Apache Openoffice
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Itunes
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple Safari
- Google Chrome
- Xmlsoft Libxml2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.10, 6.06, 10.04
- Debian Linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- openSUSE — versions 11.3, 11.1, 11.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/40775 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42175 (Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Mailing List, Release Notes)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html (Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/44779 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1016-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-4008?
- CVE-2010-4008 is a vulnerability in Apache Openoffice, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2010-11-17.
- Is CVE-2010-4008 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.