CVE-2023-28484 (GCVE-0-2023-28484)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-30 19:44
VLAI
Summary
In libxml2 before 2.10.4, parsing of certain invalid XSD schemas can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and subsequently a segfault. This occurs in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType in xmlschemas.c.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
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