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ALPINE-CVE-2021-3541

ALPINE-CVE-2021-3541 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.23libxml22.9.10-r1, 2.9.10-r0, 2.9.1-r2
Alpine:v3.19libxml22.9.10-r5, 2.9.9-r3, 2.9.9-r2
Alpine:v3.16libxml22.9.10-r0, 2.9.1-r2, 2.9.1-r1
Alpine:v3.17libxml22.7.6-r2, 2.9.10-r1, 2.9.10-r0
Alpine:v3.11libxml22.7.8-r6, 2.9.9-r2, 2.9.9-r1
Alpine:v3.21libxml22.9.10-r1, 2.9.4-r3, 2.9.4-r2
Alpine:v3.22libxml22.7.3-r0, 0, 2.7.2-r0
Alpine:v3.18libxml22.9.10-r1, 2.9.10-r6, 2.9.10-r7
Alpine:v3.13libxml22.7.6-r0, 2.7.3-r0, 2.7.6-r0
Alpine:v3.12libxml22.9.6-r0, 0, 2.7.2-r0
Alpine:v3.20libxml22.9.2-r0, 2.9.2-r1, 2.9.3-r0
Alpine:v3.15libxml22.7.8-r6, 2.9.9-r3, 2.9.9-r2

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Jul 9, 2021 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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