--- id: CVE-2021-3517 title: >- There is a flaw in the xml entity encoding functionality of libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 summary: >- 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 tri… severity: high cvss: 8.6 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H' cwe: - CWE-787 - CWE-787 - CWE-125 vendor: xmlsoft product: libxml2 affected: - libxml2 < 2.9.11 - jboss_core_services - enterprise_linux = 8.0 - fedora = 33 - fedora = 34 - debian_linux = 9.0 - active_iq_unified_manager - clustered_data_ontap - clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector - 'e-series_santricity_os_controller >= 11.0.0, <= 11.70.1' - e-series_santricity_storage_manager - e-series_santricity_web_services - hci_management_node - manageability_software_development_kit - oncommand_insight - oncommand_workflow_automation - ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility - santricity_unified_manager - snapdrive - snapmanager - solidfire - hci_h410c_firmware - >- communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment = 1.10.0 - enterprise_manager_base_platform = 13.4.0.0 - enterprise_manager_base_platform = 13.5.0.0 - mysql_workbench <= 8.0.26 - openjdk = 8 - peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.58 - real_user_experience_insight = 13.4.1.0 - real_user_experience_insight = 13.5.1.0 - zfs_storage_appliance_kit = 8.8 patched: - libxml2 2.9.11 published: '2021-05-19' updated: '2026-10-14' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T10:17:43.473' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3517' references: - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954232' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E label: secalert@redhat.com - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: >- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/ label: secalert@redhat.com - url: >- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/ label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954232' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/ label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/ label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html' label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e tags: - nvd epss: 0.16986 epssPercentile: 0.97011 ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T10:25:41.190Z' --- ## Overview 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. ## Affected - `libxml2 < 2.9.11` - `jboss_core_services` - `enterprise_linux = 8.0` - `fedora = 33` - `fedora = 34` - `debian_linux = 9.0` - `active_iq_unified_manager` - `clustered_data_ontap` - `clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector` - `e-series_santricity_os_controller >= 11.0.0, <= 11.70.1` - `e-series_santricity_storage_manager` - `e-series_santricity_web_services` - `hci_management_node` - `manageability_software_development_kit` - `oncommand_insight` - `oncommand_workflow_automation` - `ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility` - `santricity_unified_manager` - `snapdrive` - `snapmanager` - `solidfire` - `hci_h410c_firmware` - `communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment = 1.10.0` - `enterprise_manager_base_platform = 13.4.0.0` - `enterprise_manager_base_platform = 13.5.0.0` - `mysql_workbench <= 8.0.26` - `openjdk = 8` - `peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.58` - `real_user_experience_insight = 13.4.1.0` - `real_user_experience_insight = 13.5.1.0` - `zfs_storage_appliance_kit = 8.8` ## Remediation Upgrade past the affected range: - `libxml2 2.9.11`