1.8 LOW
- CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
- Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Attack Requirement (AT): Present (P)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): Active (A)
- Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): Low (L)
- Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): Low (L)
- Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): Low (L)
- Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): Present (P)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): Active (A)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): Low (L)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Low (L)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Low (L)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
- Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
- Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
- Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
- Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
- Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
- Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
- Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
- Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
- Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
- Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)
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ignored
9 packages
- libxml2Python
- sbclPackages.cl-libxml2
- perlPackages.AlienLibxml2
- python312Packages.libxml2
- python313Packages.libxml2
- python314Packages.libxml2
- perl5Packages.AlienLibxml2
- perl538Packages.AlienLibxml2
- perl540Packages.AlienLibxml2
- @LeSuisse accepted
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Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in libxml2
libxml2 is vulnerable to multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the xmlcatalog utility when running in --shell mode. The usershell() function processes user input using fixed-size stack buffers without proper bounds checking. By supplying an overly long input line, an attacker can overflow internal buffers (command, arg, and argv) during input parsing. This results in memory corruption within the stack frame. Successful exploitation may cause a crash or potentially allow arbitrary code execution in the context of the xmlcatalog process. This issue has been fixed in the commit c2e233fc. NOTE: The maintainers of this project did not agree that this issue is a vulnerability and considered it a bug.
References
Affected products
- =<2.15.3
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.libxml2
XML parsing library for C
Ignored packages (9)
pkgs.libxml2Python
None
pkgs.sbclPackages.cl-libxml2
None
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nixos-unstable 20130615-git
- nixpkgs-unstable 20130615-git
- nixos-unstable-small 20130615-git
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nixos-26.05 20130615-git
- nixos-26.05-small 20130615-git
- nixpkgs-26.05-darwin 20130615-git
pkgs.perlPackages.AlienLibxml2
Install the C libxml2 library on your system
pkgs.python312Packages.libxml2
None
pkgs.python313Packages.libxml2
XML parsing library for C
pkgs.python314Packages.libxml2
XML parsing library for C
pkgs.perl5Packages.AlienLibxml2
Install the C libxml2 library on your system
pkgs.perl538Packages.AlienLibxml2
None
pkgs.perl540Packages.AlienLibxml2
None
Package maintainers
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@jtojnar Jan Tojnar <jtojnar@gmail.com>
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@gepbird Gutyina Gergő <gutyina.gergo.2@gmail.com>