| Name | CVE-2018-14404 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1524-1, DLA-2369-1, ELA-46-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 901817 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u7 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u11 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u9 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | source | experimental | 2.9.9+dfsg1-1~exp1 | |||
| libxml2 | source | wheezy | 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy13 | ELA-46-1 | ||
| libxml2 | source | jessie | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u7 | DLA-1524-1 | ||
| libxml2 | source | stretch | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u3 | DLA-2369-1 | ||
| libxml2 | source | buster | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u1 | |||
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | 2.9.10+dfsg-2 | low | 901817 |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/5
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/a436374994c47b12d5de1b8b1d191a098fa23594