CVE-2008-4409
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 8.5%EU EUVD
libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 8.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4390)
- Published
- October 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4390 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xmlsoft / libxml2
- xmlsoft / libxml2
References
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660(Exploit)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32175
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32974
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31555
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45633
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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