CVE-2011-1944
EPSS 23.7%libxml2 - buffer overflow
Published: 9/2/2011Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Integer overflow in xpath.c in libxml2 2.6.x through 2.6.32 and 2.7.x through 2.7.8, and libxml 1.8.16 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow when adding a new namespace node, related to handling of XPath expressions.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libxml2from 0, < 2.7.8.dfsg-3
- Debian/libxml2from 0, < 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny4