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CVE-2008-4409 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.5% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS8.53% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-399
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2008-10-03
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
xmlsoftlibxml2

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dblibxml2 - Denial of Service2008-10-02

References

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