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libxml2 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libxml2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.7.8.dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-4008
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4008
libxml2
Fixed versions: 2.7.8.dfsg-1
libxml2
Fixed versions: 2.7.8.dfsg-1
libxml2
Fixed versions: 2.7.8.dfsg-1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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