VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-2414
CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-08-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer