CVE-2009-3720 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libexpat 2.0.1, affecting products like Python and Apache, where crafted UTF-8 sequences in an XML document can cause an application crash due to a buffer over-read. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.35, < 2.0.64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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