DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4226

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4226
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4226.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4226
Upstream
Published
2008-11-25T23:30:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:07:16.069628Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.32.dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.32.dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.32.dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.32.dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}