CVE-2009-2414
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD
Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2410)
- Published
- August 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2410 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xmlsoft / libxml
- xmlsoft / libxml2
- xmlsoft / libxml2
- xmlsoft / libxml2
- xmlsoft / libxml2
- xmlsoft / libxml2
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35036
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36207
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36338
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36417
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36631
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
- http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859(Patch)
- http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg678527.html
- http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515195
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10129
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8639
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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