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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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari/ Apple Inc., CVE Broken Link 
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=58731 Apple Inc., CVE Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40775 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42109 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42175 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42429 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2128 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:243 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44779 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1016-1 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 Apple Inc., CVE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3076 Apple Inc., CVE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3100 Apple Inc., CVE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230 Apple Inc., CVE Permissions Required 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12148 Apple Inc., CVE 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:
04/10/2025
Source:
Apple Inc.