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CVE-2008-4226

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2008-11-25 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Xmlsoft Libxml

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References