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01 Record

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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
  • CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
  • CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
2b197a7803092f3d465e5a9f3822a860be8117322e1886edfcdf661487f79aed

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
apacheopenofficeNot specified—
appleiphone_osNot specified—
appleitunesNot specified—
applemac_os_xNot specified—
applesafariNot specified—
canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—
debiandebian_linuxNot specified—
googlechromeNot specified—
opensuseopensuseNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eusNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—
susesuse_linux_enterprise_serverNot specified—
xmlsoftlibxml2Not specified—

06 References

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.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.