CVE-2018-14404

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Dec 2025, 21:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 5.0
v3 : 7.5
v2 : 5.0
v3 : 6.5

Information

Published : 2018-07-19 13:29

Updated : 2025-12-03 21:15


NVD link : CVE-2018-14404

Mitre link : CVE-2018-14404

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-14404


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux

xmlsoft

  • libxml2
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference