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CVE-2018-14404

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5/10EPSS 3.68%

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CVE-2018-14404 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.. EPSS estimates a 3.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
6.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
3.68%

88.3th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
CanonicalUbuntu Linux12.04
CanonicalUbuntu Linux14.04
CanonicalUbuntu Linux16.04
CanonicalUbuntu Linux18.04
DebianDebian LinuxAll versions
XmlsoftLibxml2<= 2.9.8

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Timeline

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Status
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-14404?
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.
How severe is CVE-2018-14404?
CVE-2018-14404 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 3.68% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14404?
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Source: NVD / NIST