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libxml2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2416

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Products
libxml2
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.7.3.dfsg-2.1
CVEs
CVE-2009-2416
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2416

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Aug 2009, 18:30 UTC

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2416

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1

Complete source record
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