There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954242 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954242 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.8 · xmlsoft, debian, redhatNVD modified 2026-10-14 10:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 21
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_core_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:manageability_software_development_kit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapdrive:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_base_platform:13.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_base_platform:13.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_ops_center:12.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:real_user_experience_insight:13.4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:real_user_experience_insight:13.5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 39
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/54 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/55 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/58 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/59 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954242 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212601 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212602 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212604 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212605 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Not Applicable
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/54 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/55 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/58 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/59 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954242 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212601 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212602 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212604 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212605 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Not Applicable
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html