#VU83291 Use-after-free in Libxml2 - CVE-2023-45322 

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#VU83291 Use-after-free in Libxml2 - CVE-2023-45322

Published: November 20, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83291
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
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 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.



Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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