CVE-2008-4225
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large XML document.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4208)
- Published
- November 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4208 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xmlsoft / libxml
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32762(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32764(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32766(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32773(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32802(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32807(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32811(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32974
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33417
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33792
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34247
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36173
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36235
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021239
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.473974
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-126356-03-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141243-01-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-251406-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-261688-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265329-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-002.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-067.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1666(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:231
- http://www.osvdb.org/49992
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0988.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32331(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-673-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3176
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0034
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0301
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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