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CVE-2009-2416
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References36
- USN-815-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 36631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9262 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-11-11-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3217 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2420 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36417 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-bugs-dist] 20090810 Bug#540865: libxml2: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416 pointer-user-after-free and stack overflow because of function recursion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 36010 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36338 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8498 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1859 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-06-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 37346 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36207 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-2412 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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