CVE-2011-1944
Integer overflow in xpath.c in libxml2 2.6.x through 2.6.32 and 2.7.x through 2.7.8, and libxml 1.8.16 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly
02 Description
Integer overflow in xpath.c in libxml2 2.6.x through 2.6.32 and 2.7.x through 2.7.8, and libxml 1.8.16 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly
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
- 13.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.0% 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
- 2011-09-02 16:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-05-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 2b22869e8067030aadf93b56731cdfc5cccec579a0f39e6ac0e5370e1ac2b487
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com48056http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48056
- secunia.com44711http://secunia.com/advisories/44711
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:131http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:131
- h20000.www2.hp.comHPSBMU02786http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2011:0839http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-07/msg00035.html
- git.gnome.orghttp://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=d7958b21e7f8c447a26bb2436f08402b2c308be4
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709747
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0217http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1749http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2255http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2255
- www.osvdb.org73248http://www.osvdb.org/73248
- scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.comhttp://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/05/libxml-vulnerability-and-interesting.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-7856http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062238.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110531 Re: CVE request: libxml vulnerability and interesting integer issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/8
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- ubuntu.comUSN-1153-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1153-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.7.8.dfsg-3
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-3
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-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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