CVE-2017-15412
Public on 2018-08-28
Modified on 2020-08-12
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the libxml2 library. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application linked against libxml2 to crash when parsing a specially crafted XML file.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | libxml2 | 2020-08-10 | ALAS-2020-1415 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | libxml2 | 2020-07-21 | ALAS2-2020-1466 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |