CVE-2010-4008 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-4008

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44,...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

chrome, itunes, safari, iphone os, mac os x, libxml2, debian linux, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux workstation, opensuse, suse linux enterprise server, openoffice
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5.0, 6.0, 6.06, 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 6.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 10, 11, 2.0.0, 3.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 16th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.