CVE-2018-14404 (GCVE-0-2018-14404)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-19 13:00 – Updated: 2026-10-14 06:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-03 21:07 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595985 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1543 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2019071… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/… |
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP |
Affected:
V3.1.0 , < V3.1.5
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP |
Affected:
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(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP |
Affected:
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(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2018-07-19 00:00
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