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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2416 Detail

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35036 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36207 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36338 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36417 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36631 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37346 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg678527.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7783 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9262 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2416
NVD Published Date:
08/11/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.