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Vulnerability details: VCID-m7ct-1jfm-aaaj
Vulnerability ID VCID-m7ct-1jfm-aaaj
Aliases CVE-2018-14404
GHSA-6qvp-r6r3-9p7h
Summary A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
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
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-14404.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1543
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1190
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1827
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14404.json
epss 0.02507 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14404
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14404
cvssv3 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qvp-r6r3-9p7h
cvssv3 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1785
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1785
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1785
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10
generic_textual HIGH https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14404
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14404
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0002
generic_textual HIGH https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0002
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3739-1
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3739-2
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1
generic_textual HIGH https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2
generic_textual HIGH https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-14404.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14404.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14404
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14404
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1785
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0002
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0002/
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3739-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3739-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2/
901817 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901817
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-14404 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14404
CVE-2018-14404.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2018-14404.yml
GHSA-6qvp-r6r3-9p7h https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qvp-r6r3-9p7h
RHBA-2020:1310 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595985
RHSA-2019:1543 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1543
RHSA-2020:1190 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1190
RHSA-2020:1827 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1827
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14404.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1785
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14404
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14404
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0002
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89801
EPSS Score 0.02507
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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