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CVE-2010-4008

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4008 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libxml2 versions prior to 2.7.8, affecting products like Google Chrome and Apple Safari. Malformed XPath expressions can cause the application to read from invalid memory, leading to a crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.0.517.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0313 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.3
View patch
libreofficepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.3
View patch
nessuspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.3
postgresqlpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libxml2-0:2.7.6-4.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mingw32-libxml2-0:2.7.6-6.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (5)

redhatCVE-2010-4008Low

libxml2: Crash (stack frame overflow or NULL pointer dereference) by traversal of XPath axis

Nov 4, 2010
denollm-deno-d2f54cb22e64ca74

Possible Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org resulting from 3rd party library LIBXML2

postgresqlllm-postgresql-582967850fba2385

Possible Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org resulting from 3rd party library LIBXML2

libreofficellm-libreoffice-1395057016491cac

Possible Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org resulting from 3rd party library LIBXML2

nessusllm-nessus-3d23cb8258cb4935

Possible Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org resulting from 3rd party library LIBXML2

References

blog.bkis.com / en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari
Broken Link
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
mail.gnome.org / archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html
Mailing ListRelease NotesVendor Advisory
marc.info
Third Party Advisory
marc.info
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40775
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42109
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42175
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42314
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42429
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12148
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4456
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4554
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4566
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4581
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2128
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openoffice.org / security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/44779
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1016-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3046
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3076
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3100
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0230
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