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CVE-2008-4409

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 8.53%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-10-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-4409
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
8.53%

Original NVD Description

libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.