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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-11-16 23:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-10-20
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2b197a7803092f3d465e5a9f3822a860be8117322e1886edfcdf661487f79aed
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com40775http://secunia.com/advisories/40775
- secunia.com42175http://secunia.com/advisories/42175
- mail.gnome.org[xml] 20101104 Release of libxml2-2.7.8http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
- marc.infoHPSBMA02662http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com44779http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44779
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0230http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3046http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0217http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1016-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1016-1
- blog.bkis.comhttp://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari/
- secunia.com42109http://secunia.com/advisories/42109
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:023http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1749http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-03-02-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
- www.openoffice.orghttp://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3100http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3100
- secunia.com42314http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554
- www.debian.orgDSA-2128http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2128
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:243http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:243
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-03-09-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3076http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3076
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:12148https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12148
- code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=58731
- marc.infoHPSBGN02970http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
- secunia.com42429http://secunia.com/advisories/42429
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.7.8.dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.7.8.dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.7.8.dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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