CVE-2021-3516: Use After Free

June 1, 2021 (updated November 7, 2023)

There’s a flaw in libxml2’s xmllint An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516

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