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Vulnerability in the JavaFX (libxml) component

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Vulnerability in the JavaFX (libxml) component

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/14/2021
Created
07/25/2023
Added
07/25/2023
Modified
07/25/2023

Description

A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • azul-zulu-upgrade-latest

References

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