CVE-2021-3518

Public on 2021-05-18
Modified on 2024-03-01
Description

There's a flaw in libxml2. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 libxml2 2023-05-03 ALAS-2023-1743
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libxml2 2021-07-02 ALAS2-2021-1677

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H