CVE-2025-24928

Feb. 18, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

7.8
High

Description

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c. To exploit this, DTD validation must occur for an untrusted document or untrusted DTD. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2017-9047.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
libxml2
  • before 2.12.10
  • 2.13.x before 2.13.6

Weaknesses

CWE-121
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/847
https://issues.oss-fuzz.com/issues/392687022

Tags

cve@mitre.org
CWE-121
2025-02-18
CVE-2025-24928

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: NONE
    • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Date

  • Published: Feb. 18, 2025, 11:15 p.m.
  • Last Modified: Feb. 18, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

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