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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2007-6284 json

The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via XM…

published 2008-01-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-6252

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via XML containing invalid UTF-8 sequences.

Patch / fix

  • libxml2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.30.dfsg-3.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6284

  • libxml2 RHEL 2.1 2.4.19-7.ent
  • libxml2 RHEL 3 2.5.10-8
  • libxml2 RHEL 4 2.6.16-10.1
  • libxml2 RHEL 5 2.6.26-2.1.2.1
  • libxml2-python RHEL 2.1 2.4.19-7.ent
  • libxml2-python RHEL 3 2.5.10-8
  • libxml2-python RHEL 4 2.6.16-10.1
  • libxml2-python RHEL 5 2.6.26-2.1.2.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0032

  • libxml2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.9.12-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11016-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-6284 updated

libxml2: infinite loop in UTF-8 decoding

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 libxml2 2.5.10-8, libxml2-python 2.5.10-8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) libxml2 2.6.26-2.1.2.1, libxml2-python 2.6.26-2.1.2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 libxml2 2.4.19-7.ent, libxml2-python 2.4.19-7.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 libxml2 2.5.10-8, libxml2-python 2.5.10-8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 libxml2 2.6.16-10.1, libxml2-python 2.6.16-10.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libxml2 2.6.26-2.1.2.1, libxml2-python 2.6.26-2.1.2.1
    +9 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 libxml2 2.6.16-10.1, libxml2-python 2.6.16-10.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libxml2 2.6.26-2.1.2.1, libxml2-python 2.6.26-2.1.2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 libxml2 2.4.19-7.ent, libxml2-python 2.4.19-7.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 libxml2 2.5.10-8, libxml2-python 2.5.10-8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 libxml2 2.6.16-10.1, libxml2-python 2.6.16-10.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 libxml2 2.4.19-7.ent, libxml2-python 2.4.19-7.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 libxml2 2.5.10-8, libxml2-python 2.5.10-8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 libxml2 2.6.16-10.1, libxml2-python 2.6.16-10.1 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 libxml2 2.4.19-7.ent, libxml2-python 2.4.19-7.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0032

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Exploit prediction

2.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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