CVE-2010-4008: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

November 17, 2010 (updated June 4, 2020)

libxml2, as used in Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4008

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