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Vulnerability details: VCID-ttud-e3xr-dudd
Vulnerability ID VCID-ttud-e3xr-dudd
Aliases CVE-2011-1944
Summary Integer Overflow Integer overflow in xpath.c in libxml2, and libxml, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow when adding a new namespace node, related to handling of XPath expressions.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.2
Risk 0.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
epss 0.23686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-1944.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1944
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1944
628537 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628537
709747 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709747
CVE-2011-1944 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1944
CVE-2011-1944;OSVDB-73248 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/35810.txt
CVE-2011-1944;OSVDB-73248 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48056/info
GLSA-201110-26 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-26
RHSA-2011:1749 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1749
RHSA-2012:0017 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0017
RHSA-2013:0217 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0217
USN-1153-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1153-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added May 31, 2011
Description libxmlInvalid 2.7.x - XPath Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date May 31, 2011
Exploit type remote
Platform linux
Source update date Jan. 17, 2015
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48056/info
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.9596
EPSS Score 0.23686
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:46:46.410172+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/libxml2/CVE-2011-1944.yml 38.0.0