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Vulnerability details: VCID-u1dm-t6k2-aaaq
Vulnerability ID VCID-u1dm-t6k2-aaaq
Aliases CVE-2021-3516
Summary Use After Free There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint 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 Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-416 Use After Free
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/2021/CVE-2021-3516.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2569
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1389
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1390
cvssv3 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-3516.json
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3516
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
generic_textual Medium https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539
generic_textual Medium https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1883
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4991-1
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2021/CVE-2021-3516.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-3516.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-3516
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3516
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4991-1
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
987739 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=987739
AVG-1883 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1883
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_core_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_core_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:xmllint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:xmllint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2021-3516 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516
RHBA-2021:2854 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225
RHSA-2021:2569 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2569
RHSA-2022:1389 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1389
RHSA-2022:1390 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1390
USN-4991-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4991-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-3516.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:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.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: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516
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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proof_of_concept

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
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:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.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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adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.38116
EPSS Score 0.00086
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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