Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2009-2416 is a crash-risk vulnerability in old libxml/libxml2 XML parsing code. An attacker who can get a vulnerable application to parse a crafted XML file may cause denial of service. The sources describe availability impact, not data theft or code execution. Exposure is most likely in legacy systems, embedded products, desktop/server applications, or statically bundled software that still uses the affected libxml or libxml2 versions to parse untrusted XML. Treat as a moderate legacy availability risk. Prioritize internet-facing or business-critical XML-processing services, then clean up older endpoints and packaged applications during normal vulnerability remediation cycles. Mitigation focus: Identify systems and applications using affected libxml or libxml2 versions.; Apply vendor-provided updates from relevant OS or application advisories.; Check software with bundled or statically linked libxml libraries..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- FEDORA-2009-8491CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9262CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2009-8580CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2009-8498CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7783CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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