Use-after-free in Libxml2 - CVE-2023-45322
Published: November 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83291
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45322
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Libxml2
Libxml2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xmlUnlinkNode() function in tree.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-45322
Install updates from vendor's website.