MEDIUM
libxml2: Out-of-bounds read via a document that ends abruptly
Published Jul 10, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.95%
Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.0, as used in Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a document that ends abruptly, related to the lack of certain checks for the XML_PARSER_EOF state.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 28.0.1500.70
- 28.0.1500.0
- 28.0.1500.2
- 28.0.1500.3
- 28.0.1500.4
- 28.0.1500.5
- 28.0.1500.6
- 28.0.1500.8
- 28.0.1500.9
- 28.0.1500.10
- 28.0.1500.11
- 28.0.1500.12
- 28.0.1500.13
- 28.0.1500.14
- 28.0.1500.15
- 28.0.1500.16
- 28.0.1500.17
- 28.0.1500.18
- 28.0.1500.19
- 28.0.1500.20
- 28.0.1500.21
- 28.0.1500.22
- 28.0.1500.23
- 28.0.1500.24
- 28.0.1500.25
- 28.0.1500.26
- 28.0.1500.27
- 28.0.1500.28
- 28.0.1500.29
- 28.0.1500.31
- 28.0.1500.32
- 28.0.1500.33
- 28.0.1500.34
- 28.0.1500.35
- 28.0.1500.36
- 28.0.1500.37
- 28.0.1500.38
- 28.0.1500.39
- 28.0.1500.40
- 28.0.1500.41
- 28.0.1500.42
- 28.0.1500.43
- 28.0.1500.44
- 28.0.1500.45
- 28.0.1500.46
- 28.0.1500.47
- 28.0.1500.48
- 28.0.1500.49
- 28.0.1500.50
- 28.0.1500.51
- 28.0.1500.52
- 28.0.1500.53
- 28.0.1500.54
- 28.0.1500.56
- 28.0.1500.58
- 28.0.1500.59
- 28.0.1500.60
- 28.0.1500.61
- 28.0.1500.62
- 28.0.1500.63
- 28.0.1500.64
- 28.0.1500.66
- 28.0.1500.68
- ≤ 2.9.0
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.8.6
- 1.8.7
- 1.8.9
- 1.8.10
- 1.8.13
- 1.8.14
- 1.8.16
- 2.0.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.7
- 2.2.8
- 2.2.9
- 2.2.10
- 2.2.11
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.7
- 2.3.8
- 2.3.9
- 2.3.10
- 2.3.11
- 2.3.12
- 2.3.13
- 2.3.14
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.7
- 2.4.8
- 2.4.9
- 2.4.10
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.12
- 2.4.13
- 2.4.14
- 2.4.15
- 2.4.16
- 2.4.17
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.20
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.22
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.24
- 2.4.25
- 2.4.26
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.28
- 2.4.29
- 2.4.30
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.7
- 2.5.8
- 2.5.10
- 2.5.11
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.20
- 2.6.21
- 2.6.22
- 2.6.23
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.25
- 2.6.26
- 2.6.27
- 2.6.28
- 2.6.29
- 2.6.30
- 2.6.31
- 2.6.32
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 2.7.7
- 2.7.8
- 2.8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libxml2-0:2.7.6-14.el6_5.1
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0513
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libxml2
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mingw32-libxml2
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libxml2-0:2.7.6-14.el6_5.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0513 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libxml2 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mingw32-libxml2 | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.95% 0.04951
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04951
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.95% (0.04951) | 91.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.73% (0.04733) | 90.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.19% (0.01189) | 76.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.36% (0.02358) | 74.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.03% (0.01035) | 75.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.59% (0.04591) | 92.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 4.59% (0.04591) | 91.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.43% (0.04427) | 91.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (22)
- ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.0.tar.gz x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromium/chromium.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e5d7f7e5dc21d3ae7be3cbb949ac4d8701e06de1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/07/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00063.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00077.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54172 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2724 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2779 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61050 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2877 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983204 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229019 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2877
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2877
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Jul 10, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 11, 2013
Link CVE-2013-2877
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a