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CVE-2008-4226 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32762 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32764 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32766 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32773 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32802 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32811 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33417 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33746 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33792 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34247 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36173 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36235 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021238 CVE, MITRE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.473974 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-126356-03-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141243-01-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-251406-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-261688-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265329-1 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-002.htm CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-067.htm CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1666 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:231 CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/49993 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0988.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32326 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-673-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0001.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3176 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0034 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0301 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0323 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 CVE, MITRE
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxml2-2.7.2-2.fc10 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxml2-2.7.2-2.fc9 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470466 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6219 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6360 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9888 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00472.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00513.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4226
NVD Published Date:
11/25/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE