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CVE-2010-4008 Detail

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 expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari/ Broken Link 
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=58731 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html Mailing List  Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2 Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554 Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2128 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:243 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44779 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1016-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3076 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3100 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230 Permissions Required 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12148 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4008
NVD Published Date:
11/16/2010
NVD Last Modified:
06/04/2020
Source:
Apple Inc.