VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2416

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.96%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-08-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references