CVE-2021-3518
8.8 HIGHThere's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11
Published: 2021-05-18 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-416
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | active_iq_unified_manager, clustered_data_ontap, clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector |
| fedoraproject | active_iq_unified_manager, clustered_data_ontap, clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector |
| netapp | active_iq_unified_manager, clustered_data_ontap, clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector |
| oracle | active_iq_unified_manager, clustered_data_ontap, clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector |
| redhat | active_iq_unified_manager, clustered_data_ontap, clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector |
| xmlsoft | active_iq_unified_manager, clustered_data_ontap, clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector |
Description
There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3518
- [Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/54
- [Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/55
- [Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/58
- [Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/59
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954242
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
- [Other]https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212601
- [Other]https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212602
- [Other]https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212604
- [Other]https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212605
- [Patch]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- [Other]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- [Patch]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- [Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/54
- [Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/55
- [Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/58
- [Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/59
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954242
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
- [Other]https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212601
- [Other]https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212602
- [Other]https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212604
- [Other]https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212605
- [Patch]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- [Other]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- [Patch]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
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