THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4226
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4226

Libxml vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Xmlsoft
Affected product
Libxml
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-11-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4226

  • Confirm whether Xmlsoft Libxml is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4226.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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