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CVE-2021-3518

Published: 18 May 2021

There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 8.8

Status

Package Release Status
libxml2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.4)
focal
Released (2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.1)
groovy
Released (2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.10.2)
hirsute
Released (2.9.10+dfsg-6.3ubuntu0.1)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.9.10+dfsg-6.7)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.9.10+dfsg-6.7)
precise Ignored
(end of ESM support, was needs-triage)
trusty
Released (2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm2)
upstream
Released (2.9.10+dfsg-6.6, 2.9.11)
xenial
Released (2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm1)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1098c30a040e72a4654968547f415be4e4c40fe7