CVE-2021-3537

Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to null pointer dereferencing

Description

A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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Publish Date

May 24, 2022

Modified Date

February 20, 2024

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