Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain…

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.4% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• RubyGemsnokogiriGHSA-jxjr-5h69-qw3w (opens in a new tab)

References (25)

• RHSA-2015:2550 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2016:0106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT206168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3430 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://xmlsoft.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=35bcb1d758ed70aa7b257c9c3b3ff55e54e3d0da (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2016:1089 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=28cd9cb747a94483f4aea7f0968d202c20bb4cfc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• USN-2834-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1034243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:2549 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281925 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• HPSBGN03537 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201701-37 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:2372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 79509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT206169 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-jxjr-5h69-qw3w (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:51 UTC.