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CVE-2008-3529

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2008-09-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.

Affected Platforms

Apple SafariCanonical Ubuntu LinuxXmlsoft Libxml2Apple Mac Os XDebian Debian LinuxApple Iphone Os

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References