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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow when adding a new namespace node, related to handling of XPath expressions.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

13.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2011-09-02

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35810

Security advisories

• http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/05/libxml-vulnerability-and-interesting.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44711
• http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=d7958b21e7f8c447a26bb2436f08402b2c308be4
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062238.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/8
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709747
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1153-1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:131
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48056

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry