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CVE-2010-4008

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier,...

4.3 MediumFix available

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Exploit likelihood

2.70%Down 2.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Record
CVE-2010-4008
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Record
CVE-2010-4008
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-3984 No score

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Record
EUVD-2010-3984
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-472j-j78w-732c No score

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier,...

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Record
GHSA-472j-j78w-732c
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Record
CVE-2010-4008
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-4008 No score

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4008
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libxml2
Debian:12
 before 2.7.8.dfsg-1
2.7.8.dfsg-1
libxml2
Debian:13
 before 2.7.8.dfsg-1
2.7.8.dfsg-1
libxml2
Debian:14
 before 2.7.8.dfsg-1
2.7.8.dfsg-1
libxml2
Debian:5.0
 before 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny2, plus listed versions
2.6.32.dfsg-52.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny1
2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny2
libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.6-4.el6
0:2.7.6-4.el6
libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
libxml2-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
mingw32-libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
mingw32-libxml2-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
0:2.7.6-6.el6_3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-2010-4008 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apple Safari, published November 16, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.70%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-1.

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