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ALPINE-CVE-2018-14404

ALPINE-CVE-2018-14404 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.7libxml22.8.0-r0, 2.9.0-r0, 2.9.0-r1
Alpine:v3.17libxml22.9.2-r1, 2.9.2-r2, 2.9.3-r0
Alpine:v3.24libxml20
Alpine:v3.13libxml22.8.0-r1, 2.9.0-r0, 2.9.0-r1
Alpine:v3.6libxml22.9.2-r1, 0, 2.9.8-r0
Alpine:v3.21libxml22.9.4-r0, 2.9.3-r0, 2.7.3-r0
Alpine:v3.16libxml22.9.7-r0, 0, 2.9.8-r0
Alpine:v3.22libxml22.7.2-r0, 2.8.0-r0, 2.8.0-r1
Alpine:v3.9libxml22.9.7-r0, 2.7.8-r7, 2.7.8-r6
Alpine:v3.18libxml22.9.7-r1, 0, 2.7.2-r0
Alpine:v3.12libxml20, 0, 2.9.8-r0
Alpine:v3.14libxml20, 0, 2.7.2-r0
Alpine:v3.20libxml22.9.4-r2, 0, 2.9.8-r0
Alpine:v3.10libxml20, 0, 2.9.8-r0
Alpine:v3.11libxml20, 0, 2.7.2-r0
Alpine:v3.5libxml22.9.5-r0, 2.9.4-r1, 2.9.8-r0
Alpine:v3.8libxml22.9.4-r2, 2.7.6-r1, 2.7.6-r2
Alpine:v3.19libxml22.9.4-r0, 2.9.1-r0, 2.9.1-r2
Alpine:v3.23libxml22.9.2-r0, 0, 2.9.8-r0
Alpine:v3.15libxml20, 2.9.4-r4, 2.9.5-r0

Timeline

  • Jul 19, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated
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