An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/c846986356fc149915a74972bf198abc266bc2c0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/c846986356fc149915a74972bf198abc266bc2c0 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 7.5 · xmlsoft, netapp, appleNVD modified 2026-10-14 18:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 17
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:netapp_manageability_sdk:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:hyper-v:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/c846986356fc149915a74972bf198abc266bc2c0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213534 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536 Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/c846986356fc149915a74972bf198abc266bc2c0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213534 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536 Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-337522.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-341067.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-556635.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-625862.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html