Is CVE-2009-2416 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2416 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2416?

CVE-2009-2416 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2416

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
EPSS score: 1.8% (78th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2412)
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-2009-2412 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 21, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / iphone os
apple / mac os x
apple / mac os x server
apple / safari
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
google / chrome
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
sun / openoffice.org
suse / linux enterprise
suse / linux enterprise
suse / linux enterprise server
vmware / esx
vmware / esx
vmware / esx
vmware / esxi
vmware / esxi
vmware / vcenter server
vmware / vma
xmlsoft / libxml
xmlsoft / libxml2
xmlsoft / libxml2
xmlsoft / libxml2
xmlsoft / libxml2
xmlsoft / libxml2

Certified products that may be affected

20 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 with CPACF - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2798 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2742 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Libreswan Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2721 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NSS Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2711 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical

See all 20 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html(Release Notes)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35036(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36207(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36338(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36417(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36631(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37346(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html(Broken Link)
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859(Mailing List, Patch)
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg678527.html(Patch)
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html(Broken Link)
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205(Issue Tracking, Patch)
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59(Patch)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7783(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9262(Broken Link)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html(Mailing List)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html(Mailing List)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html(Mailing List)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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