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CVE-2018-14404
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Modified: Dec 3, 2025
PUBLISHED
Description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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References
[debian-lts-announce] 20180927 [SECURITY] [DLA 1524-1] libxml2 security update
mailing-list
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10
x_refsource_MISC
USN-3739-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901817
x_refsource_MISC
USN-3739-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595985
x_refsource_MISC
RHSA-2019:1543
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0002/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[debian-lts-announce] 20200909 [SECURITY] [DLA 2369-1] libxml2 security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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