Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0989

Title: libXML multiple buffer overflows RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2004-0989

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Mar 01, 2005
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
21.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0989: Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL function, (2) a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy function, and other overflows related to manipulation of DNS length values, including (3) xmlNanoFTPConnect, (4) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost, and (5) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost.

Impacted Vendors

X
xmlsoft 2
X
xmlstarlet 1

Reference Links

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000890 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00001.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109880813013482&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/13000 http://securitytracker.com/id?1011941 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-029.shtml http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-582 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-05.xml http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html http://www.osvdb.org/11179 http://www.osvdb.org/11180 http://www.osvdb.org/11324 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-615.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-650.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11526 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17870 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17872 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17875 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17876 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10505 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1173 https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-89-1/ http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000890 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00001.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109880813013482&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/13000 http://securitytracker.com/id?1011941 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-029.shtml http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-582 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-05.xml http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html http://www.osvdb.org/11179 http://www.osvdb.org/11180 http://www.osvdb.org/11324 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-615.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-650.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11526 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17870 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17872 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17875 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17876 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10505 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1173 https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-89-1/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0989 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24704
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.