CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-3537

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2021-05-14 Modified 2026-10-14 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-05-14
Last modified
2026-10-14
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected configurations

• xmlsoft libxml2 (< 2.9.11) • redhat jboss core services • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • fedoraproject fedora 33 • fedoraproject fedora 34 • netapp active iq unified manager • netapp clustered data ontap • netapp clustered data ontap antivirus connector • netapp manageability software development kit • netapp ontap select deploy administration utility • netapp snapdrive • netapp hci h410c firmware • oracle communications cloud native core network function cloud native environment 1.10.0 • oracle enterprise manager base platform 13.4.0.0 • oracle enterprise manager base platform 13.5.0.0 • oracle enterprise manager ops center 12.4.0.0 • oracle mysql workbench (<= 8.0.26) • oracle openjdk 8 • oracle peoplesoft enterprise peopletools 8.58 • oracle real user experience insight 13.4.1.0 • oracle real user experience insight 13.5.1.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References