CVE-2008-4225

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large XML document.

Affected products

xmlsoft Libxml: 2.7.2

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32762
http://secunia.com/advisories/32764
http://secunia.com/advisories/32766
http://secunia.com/advisories/32773
http://secunia.com/advisories/32802
http://secunia.com/advisories/32807
http://secunia.com/advisories/32811
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974
http://secunia.com/advisories/33417
http://secunia.com/advisories/33746

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