CVE-2018-14404
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-14404
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-07-19T13:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-09-10T01:15:14
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 2.9.8 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595985 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901817 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1543 | |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0002/ | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14404 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14404 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:24:46 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 10:12:57 | 2018-07-19T13:29Z | 2018-07-19T13:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 10:12:57 | 2020-09-10T01:15:14 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 10:12:57 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |