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CVE-2018-14404

Nokogiri NULL Pointer Dereference

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.

Patch Available

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Score
7.5
Severity
High
Ecosystem
RPM
Publish Date
January 17, 2019
Modified Date
December 5, 2025
Score Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Versions