CVE-2021-3517
An attacker who is able to supply a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with the affected functionality of libxml2 could trigger an out-of-bounds read.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
There is a flaw in the xml entity encoding functionality of libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to supply a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with the affected functionality of libxml2 could trigger an out-of-bounds read. The most likely impact of this flaw is to application availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity if an attacker is able to use memory information to further exploit the application.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 16.99% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-125
- Affected
- xmlsoft/libxml2 · redhat/jboss core services · redhat/enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · netapp/active iq unified manager · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/clustered data ontap antivirus connector · netapp/e-series santricity os controller · netapp/e-series santricity storage manager · netapp/e-series santricity web services · netapp/hci management node · netapp/manageability software development kit · netapp/oncommand insight · netapp/oncommand workflow automation · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility · netapp/santricity unified manager · netapp/snapdrive · netapp/snapmanager · netapp/solidfire · +8 more
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 17.0% on 24 September 2026 to 17.0% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954232Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlNot Applicable
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954232Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlNot Applicable
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.