Buffer overflow in Xmlsoft Libxml2
CVE-2013-0338
libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, aka "internal entity expansion" with linear complexity.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.029 (85.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Xmlsoft Libxml2 — versions 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 8.04, 10.04, 11.10
- Opensuse — versions 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-0338?
- CVE-2013-0338 is a vulnerability in Xmlsoft Libxml2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-04-25.
- Is CVE-2013-0338 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.