#VU66813 NULL pointer dereference in Libxml2 - CVE-2022-2309 

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#VU66813 NULL pointer dereference in Libxml2 - CVE-2022-2309

Published: August 29, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66813
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2309
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Libxml2
Software vendor:
Gnome Development Team

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the iterwalk() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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