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Vulnerability details: VCID-tvkx-4rem-wydk
Vulnerability ID VCID-tvkx-4rem-wydk
Aliases CVE-2008-4226
Summary Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.1
Risk 0.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
epss 0.07959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4226
epss 0.07959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4226
epss 0.07959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4226
epss 0.07959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4226
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-4226.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4226
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4226
470466 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470466
GLSA-200812-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-06
RHSA-2008:0988 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0988
USN-673-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/673-1/
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.9221
EPSS Score 0.07959
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:41:35.781273+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0