CVE-2008-4226

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Nov 25, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-4226: Critical severity, CVSS 10.0 | Vulnix