CVE-2017-15412
libxml2: Use after free in xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate() function in xpath.c
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · December 6, 2017
Updated · September 21, 2026
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the libxml2 library. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application linked against libxml2 to crash when parsing a specially crafted XML file.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE not specified