CVE-2021-3516

Publication date 1 June 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml2 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 2.9.10+dfsg-6.3ubuntu0.1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.10.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.4
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxml2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H