Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libxml2 Open this link in a new tab


    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (45th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBXML2-1244056
  • published 8 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 2 Apr 2021

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8, iCloud for Windows 7.20, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra. Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.